Kentucky has announced 156 new vaccination sites across the state although people in Trigg, Caldwell, and Lyon counties will still have to cross a county line to take advantage.
The Christian County Health Department has rescheduled their Thursday vaccination clinic at the James E. Bruce Convention Center in Hopkinsville.
Todd County reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday and the county’s 26th death since the pandemic began. Eight of the ten cases reported were in a congregate setting and announced on the same day the Todd
Trigg County reported seven new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and stayed out of the ‘red’ on the state’s incidence rate map for a third straight day. However, three of the seven cases reported involved people 21 and under.
Christian County’s active COVID-19 case total increased by 34 Tuesday to 416 which is still the second-lowest in the past 11 days.
Governor Andy Beshear said Kentucky will be receiving a six-percent increase in COVID-19 vaccines next week although impending winter weather this week will likely close some vaccination sites.
The Christian County Health Department reported three deaths Monday related to the COVID-19 virus bringing the county’s total to 78 since the onset of the pandemic.
Trigg County’s COVID-19 case total was in single-digits for a fifth straight day Monday, with February’s case total running below the previous three months.
Kentucky has vaccinated just under 10-percent of the state’s population in the fight against COVID-19 with 91-percent of the state’s allotment of shots ending up in arms.
Kentucky has seen four consecutive weeks of declining weekly COVID-19 case numbers and test positivity, with several of Monday’s totals the fewest since the weeks before the first Thanksgiving surge.
