Two newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday raised the county’s total to 107.
There were 15 active cases, according to a Christian County Health Department report.
The number of confirmed, active cases by age group are:
- Pediatric (0-21): 3
- Young Adult-Middle Age (22-59): 10
- Older Adult (60-84): 2
- Elderly (85+): 0
Statewide there were 141 new cases, bringing the total to 8,246.
Gov. Andy Beshear, in his daily briefing Friday, reported five deaths.
The people who died included: a 74-year-old man from Barren County; an 88-year-old woman from Hopkins County; an 88-year-old man and a 97-year-old woman from Jefferson County; and a 72-year-old man from Shelby County.
Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, there have been 391 deaths in Kentucky.
This story was edited to correct the governor’s name.
(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.
