Wednesday update: Coronavirus numbers in south central Kentucky

Governor Beshear announced 1,635 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. This brings the states total now to 113,009

Kentucky’s positivity rate is still rising, on Wednesday it reaches 6.3%.

11 more Kentuckians have died from the virus Wednesday. That brings the total number of lives lost in Kentucky to 1,514.

The Barren River District Health Department resumed releasing the number of new cases in the area Wednesday. They haven’t released new data since Friday, October 30th. The new additions represent new cases over the last five days.

Even with these high case numbers around the area, there are no new deaths reported. The total remains at 153.
Here’s a look at the total number of cases in the surrounding area:

-WARREN COUNTY: 5,681(+249)

– BARREN COUNTY: 1,430 (+121)

– LOGAN COUNTY: 888 (+36)

– BUTLER COUNTY: 446 (+17)

– ALLEN COUNTY: 578 (+21)

– SIMPSON COUNTY: 408 (+32)

– HART COUNTY: 538 (+58)

– EDMONSON COUNTY: 221 (+12)

– METCALFE COUNTY:219 (+22)

AS OF 6 P.M. 11/040/20
* THE ADDITIONAL CASES ARE CALCULATED BASED ON CASES ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY 10/30/20