The Grayson County Health Department (GCHD) on Monday reported a concerning number of new COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed since Wednesday.
The health department announced 117 new cases were diagnosed between Wednesday and Monday, giving the county 325 new COVID cases over the last two weeks.
There have now been 5,668 cases diagnosed in Grayson County since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
No new deaths were reported, leaving the county’s death toll to 109. Three deaths are awaiting confirmation from state health officials.
There are 185 active cases in the county, up 41 since Wednesday and up 109 active cases — or 243 percent — since December 27.
Seven people are currently hospitalized, the same number of hospitalizations as Wednesday.
The county’s incident rate checked in at 80.0, up from Wednesday’s 73.0 and pushing Grayson County deeper into the “red.”
All bordering counties are also in the “red,” with Hardin County having the highest rate of occurrence at 171.1, followed by Ohio (133.4), Edmonson (83.5), Hart (77.3), Breckinridge (66.3), and Butler (65.4) counties.
An incident rate above 25.0 indicates a “critical spread” of the virus, according to the Kentucky Department for Public Health.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
