CDC says no Ky. counties at high risk of Covid-19; state planning moves to adapt to May 11 end of federal public-health emergency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mapsBy Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health NewsNo Kentucky counties have a high risk of Covid-19, according to this week's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly risk map, and only 30 of the 120 counties are at medium risk.The CDC map, which is based on the number of new coronavirus cases and Covid-19 patients in Kentucky hospitals, shows 90 counties have a low level of infection, shown in green. The 30 with a medium level of infection, shown in yellow, are largely in the western and Appalachian areas of the state. In counties at medium risk, the CDC advises those who are at high risk of getting very sick to wear a well-fitting mask when indoors and in public and to consider getting tested before having social contact with someone at high risk for getting very sick and consider wearing a mask when indoors when you are with them.
The CDC also provides a community transmission level map, largely used by researchers and health-care facilities, that shows the level of virus in each county, at one of four levels. The map shows Magoffin County with a low level of transmission, 28 counties with moderate levels and the rest with either substantial or high levels, showing that the virus continues to be widespread in those counties.
As of Thursday, March 2, The New York Times ranked Kentucky's infection rate over the previous seven days as third in the nation, despite a 27 percent drop in cases in the last two weeks.
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