{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Breakthrough COVID cases in Whitley County &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WR4gckZu7L\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/breakthrough-covid-cases-in-whitley-county\/\">Breakthrough COVID cases in Whitley County<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/breakthrough-covid-cases-in-whitley-county\/embed\/#?secret=WR4gckZu7L\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Breakthrough COVID cases in Whitley County&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"WR4gckZu7L\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-5.jpg","thumbnail_width":417,"thumbnail_height":200,"description":"The Whitley County Health Department announced 39 new COVID\u201319 cases on Tuesday, bringing the number of residents that have tested positive for the virus to 4,327. Officials noted that there are currently 243 active cases. After announcing the first breakthrough case \u2013 meaning the individual had been fully vaccinated \u2013 last Friday, officials announced four additional breakthroughs on Tuesday. The county\u2019s vaccination rate stands at 33.2 percent. As of Tuesday night, Whitley County\u2019s COVID\u201319 incidence rate had reached 70.9. Of Kentucky\u2019s 120 counties, all but 11 are in the red zone, meaning the incidence rate is above 25 per 100,000 population. Fulton, Hickman and Lee counties are the only counties that remain in the yellow. Crittenden, Lyon, Trigg, Simpson, Russell, Wayne, Nicholas, Robertson and Campbell counties are in the orange. Clay County has the highest rate at 131.4. Laurel County\u2019s rate stands at 91.1. Laurel County Health Department officials announced 358 new COVID\u201319 cases for week of July 31 through Aug. 6. Ten of those cases required hospitalization, bringing the current hospitalizations to 34. According to officials there were 745 active cases as of last Friday, which is the last date that the health department reported totals. There are now 20,038 fully vaccinated residents in Laurel County. Knox County is at 70.9 Whitley County has only had one breakthrough COVID\u201319 related death, which occurred on July 27 and involved an adult over the age of 65, said Whitley County Public Health Director Marcy Rein. \u201cThat person was fully vaccinated,\u201d Rein said noting that the individual was hospitalized at the time of death. That death marks the third COVID\u201319 death in Whitley County in the last three weeks."}