Six newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported Wednesday in Christian County, according to the local health department.
In all, 20 cases have been diagnosed in the county since March 19. One of those has since completed a 14-day self-isolation and emerged with no symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
That leaves 19 people who have been diagnosed and are still in self-isolation or hospitalized.
The health department classifies them in the following categories:
- Pediatric (0-21): 3
- Young Adult-Middle Age (22-59): 9
- Older Adult (60-85): 6
- Elderly (85+): 1
The health department did not report if any of the people who had tested positive are currently hospitalized.
However, one of the patients is reportedly at Western State Hospital, the state psychiatric hospital on U.S. 68 in Hopkinsville. (Western State Hospital also operates a nursing home facility.)
Wednesday during Gov. Andy Beshear’s daily briefing in Frankfort, he responded to a reporter’s question about a report that a patient at Western State Hospital had tested positive for COVID-19.
“I believe we have one confirmed cases there,” the governor said. He added he did not have additional information about the patient.
During a teleconference Tuesday, Beth McCraw, vice president for nursing and clinical services at Jennie Stuart Medical Center, said one COVID-19 patient was hospitalized there.
(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. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
