Health

Despite a recent decrease in the seven-day rolling average of new cases, the county has seen an upward two-week trend, with 17.7% growth over the last 14 days.

Health Director Kayla Bebout acknowledged that Christian County is a hot spot for the coronavirus.

The White House Coronavirus Task Force report for Aug. 8-14 puts 43 counties (including Christian County) in the "yellow zone," meaning they had between 0.1 and 1 cases per 1,000 and a positive test rate between 5 and 10% in the reporting week.

While the seven-day average of new cases decreased on Tuesday for the first time in 10 days, Christian County's cases have grown at twice the statewide rate over the last two weeks.

In the last month, Christian County has reported more than half of all coronavirus cases since the pandemic began and seven of 11 deaths attributed to the virus.

Kentucky had three COVID-19 related deaths Sunday.

On Sunday, Christian County's seven-day average grew to 17, an all-time high since the pandemic began in mid-March.

The seven-day average of daily new cases has risen for the last three days.

Never before has Christian County reported as many new coronavirus cases in a seven-day period as over the last week.

The county has reported more new coronavirus cases within a seven-day period only once before, just a week and a half ago.

The health department is urging the community to take steps to prevent spreading the coronavirus.

Wednesday marked the third day in a row that local health officials reported more than 20 new coronavirus cases in a single day.