{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Whitley County reports 14 new COVID-19 cases Friday &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ubP0l8w4zW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/whitley-county-reports-14-new-covid-19-cases-friday\/\">Whitley County reports 14 new COVID-19 cases Friday<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/whitley-county-reports-14-new-covid-19-cases-friday\/embed\/#?secret=ubP0l8w4zW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Whitley County reports 14 new COVID-19 cases Friday&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"ubP0l8w4zW\" 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 14 additional COVID\u201319 cases on Friday, bringing the county\u2019s total to 3,137. There are currently 211 active cases, of which 14 are hospitalized. With the new cases, Whitley County\u2019s COVID\u201319 incidence rate stands at 58.3. Knox County The Knox County Kentucky Health Department announced 21 additional cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the county\u2019s total to 2,896. Three of the new cases involved children, officials stated. There are currently 149 active cases in Knox County. With the additional cases, Knox County\u2019s COVID\u201319 incidence rate stands at 65.1. Bell County The Bell County Health Department announced 18 additional COVID\u201319 cases, bringing the county\u2019s total to 2,520. There are currently 149 active cases, of which six are hospitalized. With the additional cases, Bell County\u2019s COVID\u201319 incidence rate stands at 46.6. Laurel County Laurel County&#8217;s COVID\u201319 incidence rate stood at 52.2s Friday. (Editor&#8217;s note: As of 5:30 p.m. Friday, the Laurel County Health Department had not posted it&#8217;s daily COVID-19 update on its Facebook page or website.) Statewide Gov. Andy Beshear announced 2,261 additional COVID\u201319 cases in Kentucky on Friday, bringing the state\u2019s total to 374,268 Beshear reported 50 additional deaths, bringing the death toll to 3,971. Beshear said 1,318 Kentuckians are currently hospitalized, of which 330 are in intensive care. As of Friday, 98 of Kentucky\u2019s 120 counties have a COVID\u201319 incidence rate greater than 25, which places them in the red zone. Elliott County has the lowest incidence rate at 0.0. Butler County has the highest incidence rate at 82.1."}