Two new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Friday, raising the county’s total to 152, the Christian County Health Department reported. The total includes 34 active cases, 115 recovered and three deaths.
The number of confirmed, active cases by age group are:
- Pediatric (0-21): 3
- Young Adult-Middle Age (22-59): 27
- Older Adult (60-84): 4
- Elderly (85+): 0
By race, people who have tested positive for the virus include 112 white, 39 black and one Asian.
As of Friday, the state’s total number of coronavirus cases was 12,166. At least 3,390 people in Kentucky have recovered from the virus.
Gov. Andy Beshear reported 331 new cases Friday and 69 on Thursday. He reported four more deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, raising the state’s death toll to 497.
(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.
