Julia Hunter

The Kentucky Department of Public Health has classified Christian County's coronavirus incidence rate over the past seven days as "accelerated."

Of the 235 cases classified as active by the health department, 31 are reported by the state to be at long-term care facilities and eight are associated with local schools.

As the state passed a solemn milestone of more than 1,000 deaths, Christian County approached the same number of cases on Wednesday.

Tuesday's daily total was among the highest reported locally since the pandemic began.

It's the fifth-highest daily total reported by the department since the pandemic began in mid-March.

As the county sees the lowest seven-day rolling average in nearly two months, health officials urge residents to continue following guidelines in order to avoid another post-holiday weekend surge.

While the county has seen an apparent plateau recently, more than a third of all coronavirus cases since the pandemic began in mid-March have been reported within the last month.

The total number of local cases includes 220 classified as active and 660 classified as recovered.

As of Saturday afternoon, the number of active cases in the county was 223, according to the health department.

The county also confirmed 15 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, pushing the total number of local cases confirmed since the pandemic began to 864.

The number of active cases dropped to 220, the lowest it has been in nearly two weeks.

The number of local cases classified by the health department as active reached a new high of 265.