For the third consecutive day, one newly confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in Christian County, according to the local health department.
The county’s total number of cases Wednesday was 85, including 39 people with an active case of the respiratory disease and 43 people who had recovered.
The number of newly confirmed cases by age group are:
- Pediatric (0-21): 1
- Young Adult-Middle Age (22-59): 25
- Older Adult (60-84): 13
- Elderly (85+): 0
Over the past 10 days, the number of confirmed cases has increased by 15.
The first case of COVID-19 in Christian County was reported on March 19.
Three deaths attributed to the coronavirus were reported locally on April 3, including two people from Western State Hospital. Since then, no additional deaths have been reported in Christian County.
Western State, a state psychiatric hospital in Hopkinsville, has been one of Kentucky’s more serious hot spots for the coronavirus. Thirteen patients and 28 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19.
The state’s major area of concern for infections continues to be long-term nursing facilities. As of Tuesday, 454 residents and 196 staff members had tested positive for COVID-19.
Fifty-three nursing homes have had at least one case, but the list does not include any facilities in Christian County, according to a story reported Wednesday in the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper.
The paper published a list of the nursing homes with COVID-19 cases provided by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Hopkins County — where 57 infections and 10 deaths have been reported from two facilities — is the only Kentucky county adjoining Christian County that has reported positive COVID-19 cases.
(Jennifer P. Brown is the editor and founder of Hoptown Chronicle. Reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org.)
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
