{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"COVID\u201319 cases continue to rise across Kentucky &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KNsxUlBwWQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/covid-19-cases-continue-to-rise-across-kentucky\/\">COVID\u201319 cases continue to rise across Kentucky<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/covid-19-cases-continue-to-rise-across-kentucky\/embed\/#?secret=KNsxUlBwWQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;COVID\u201319 cases continue to rise across Kentucky&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"KNsxUlBwWQ\" 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-2.jpg","thumbnail_width":299,"thumbnail_height":200,"description":"The Whitley County Health Department announced 21 additional COVID\u201319 cases on Tuesday, bringing the county\u2019s total to 1,258. There are currently 153 active cases, of which seven are hospitalized. With the new cases, Whitley County\u2019s COVID\u201319 incidence rate stands at 57.5 Laurel County The Laurel County Health Department announced 32 additional cases of COVID\u201319 on Tuesday, bringing the county\u2019s total to 2,326. There are currently 948 active cases, of which 23 are hospitalized. With the new cases, Laurel County CVOID\u201319 incidence rate stands at 51.4. Knox County The Knox County Kentucky Health Department announced 23 additional cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the county\u2019s total to 1,197. Two of the new cases involved children, officials stated. There are currently 168 active cases in Knox County. With the additional cases, Knox County\u2019s COVID\u201319 incidence rate stands at 52.7. Bell County The Bell County Health Department announced 11 additional COVID\u201319 cases, bringing the county\u2019s total to 1,189. There are currently 136 active cases, of which eight are hospitalized. There are eight active cases at the Bell County Forestry Camp, of which, seven are inmates. With the additional cases, Bell County\u2019s COVID\u201319 incidence rate stands at 54.3. Statewide Gov. Andy Beshear announced 2,690 additional COVID\u201319 cases in Kentucky on Tuesday, bringing the state\u2019s total to 162,838. Beshear reported 17 additional deaths, bringing the death toll to 1,809. Beshear said 1,658 Kentuckians are currently hospitalized, of which 390 are in intensive care. As of Tuesday, 116 of Kentucky\u2019s 120 counties have a COVID\u201319 incidence rate greater than 25, which places them in the red zone. Crittenden, Menifee, Nicholas and Rockcastle counties are orange zones. Boyd County has the highest incidence rate at 116.5 \u201cThe number of people we lose is compounded when community spread is ash high as it is and when it overwhelms the health the health care capacity of a state or region,\u201d Beshear said. \u201cIt is starting to happen here in Kentucky,\u201d he added. \u201cIf we do not stop the exponential growth of cases, we will exceed our health care capacity. We will experience more loss and more death than we have to.\u201d"}