Jennie Stuart

Business owners should plan to allow employees to work from home next week, if possible, and reschedule, postpone or cancel all events. Community members should not attend — or host — gatherings of any size. They are also asked to reduce in-person shopping and dining, avoid non-essential activities and prioritize businesses that enforce mask mandates and other safety measures.

Twenty-four of the 25 people who've died locally from COVID-19 have had underlying health conditions. Hoptown Chronicle explores what those conditions have been and why it's important.

Flu shots are also available at the health department without an appointment.

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

As of Sunday, the county's positivity rate in August was 10.53%, more than twice the state rate based on weekly data the governor's office provides.

The woman is the fourth person whose death has been attributed to COVID-19 in the past two weeks.

The health department reported 51 new cases this week — nearly half of last week's total and less than any week in the month of July.

The health department also reported five newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, pushing the county’s case total to 618.