Jennie Stuart

In another development, Quorum Health Corp., which owns a subsidiary that provides management services at Jennie Stuart, announced Tuesday it is filing for bankruptcy to reorganize its debt.

The county health director said she believes Christian County's peak for the disease is a month away.

Three of the Western State patients are being treated at Jennie Stuart Medical Center.

Countywide there are 25 confirmed, active cases of the novel coronavirus.

One of the cases is reportedly a patient at Western State Hospital in Hopkinsville.

In several Tennessee counties along the Kentucky border, the rate of infection is higher than it is in the neighboring Kentucky counties, Beshear noted.

Roughly four of every five people tested at Jennie Stuart Medical Center or its Express Lab are still waiting for results from LabCorp's testing facility in North Carolina. The local hospital will be working with a new lab beginning March 30.