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On the third anniversary of the pandemic's arrival in Ky., the virus continues to infect and kill; state's new-case rate still 3rd in nation |
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New York Times graphs show panedmic's history in U.S. and states with top three new-case rates.
By Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health NewsToday, March 6, marks the third anniversary of the announcement of Kentucky's first case of Covid-19, a disease that has infected more than 1.7 million Kentuckians and killed 18,130 of them.And while the Covid-19 national emergency and public-health emergency declarations that have been in place since early 2020 will end May 11 and the state is scaling back its Covid-19 reporting, that doesn't mean Covid-19 is over. Kentuckians are still getting Covid-19 and still dying from it.The state Department for Public Health's new webpage with Covid-19 surveillance data says there were 4,736 new cases of the coronavirus last week, or 676 cases per day. That's up 44% from last week's report. The state attributed 13 more deaths to Covid-19 last week, down from 39 the week prior.The weekly new-case rate was 7.99 cases per 100,000 residents, down from 9.23 in the prior weekly report. The top 10 counties were Trigg, 25.35 cases per 100,000; Adair, 20.09; Green, 19.59; Rockcastle, 17.97; Lewis, 17.22; Bell, 17.01; Russell, 16.74; Hopkins, 15.03; Bath, 14.86; and Metcalfe, 14.19. The New York Times ranks Kentucky's seven-day case rate third among states, even with a 27% decline in cases in the last two weeks. The newly formatted state report does not include does not include hospital numbers or positive-test rates. Test numbers have become la...
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News source: Kentucky Health News
Publication date: 11-03-2023 16:06
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