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Weekend Update: Bell, McCreary counties report additional COVID-19 cases

Bell and McCreary counties reported additional COVID-19 cases Saturday and Sunday. The Bell County Health Department reported five additional COVID-19 cases Sunday afternoon, and seven new cases Saturday. These new cases bring the total number of COVID-19 cases in Bell County to...
Posted On 26 Jul 2020

Whitley, Knox, Bell, Laurel counties all report multiple additional COVID-19 cases Friday

Whitley, Knox, Bell and Laurel counties all reported additional COVID-19 cases Friday. The Knox County Health Department reported 10 new COVID-19 cases Friday, including four children. This brings the total number of cases in Knox County to 174. “We cannot encourage everyone...
Posted On 24 Jul 2020

Update: Knox, Bell counties report COVID-19 fatalities Thursday; McCreary County announces three new cases Thursday

Whitley, Knox, Bell and Laurel counties all reported additional COVID-19 cases Thursday with Knox and Bell counties both reporting additional COVID-19 related fatalities. Out of the 21 COVID-19 cases reported so far this week in Whitley County, more than half of those cases...
Posted On 23 Jul 2020

New COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday in Bell, Whitley, Laurel and Knox counties

Bell, Whitley, Laurel and Knox counties all reported additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday. The Bell County Health Department reported 32 new positive cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, including 13 individual cases and 19 long-term care cases. This brings the total number of COVID-19...
Posted On 22 Jul 2020

Whitley County reports first COVID-19 death Tuesday

Whitley County has suffered its first COVID-19 death. “We are sad to report the first death of a Whitley County resident associated with COVID-19, but we will not be releasing further details,” Whitley County Public Health Director Marcy Rein said in a release Tuesday afternoon....
Posted On 22 Jul 2020

Ky. reached largest one-day total of new COVID-19 cases Sunday; Bell County reports four new cases

Gov. Andy Beshear reported Sunday afternoon that 979 newly reported cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed statewide, including three new deaths. This was the largest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases in the commonwealth. “We typically have limited reporting on Sunday which...
Posted On 19 Jul 2020

Governor Beshear announces 583 new COVID–19 cases on Saturday

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced 583 new COVID–19 cases in Kentucky Saturday, bringing the state’s total to 22,184. Beshear noted that 583 is the second highest one-day total for the state since the first case was reported on March 6. Beshear added that among the new...

Three new COVID–19 cases reported in Whitley County Friday

Three new cases of COVID–19 were reported in Whitley County Friday. Officials with the Whitley County Health Department said while one case is confirmed, two are being labeled as probable because of the type of testing used on the patients. That brings Whitley County’s case total...

Knox County reports two additional COVID-19 deaths from Christian Health Center; one COVID-19 death reported in Bell County

In regards to COVID-19, Thursday was a particularly bad day with new COVID-19 cases being reported in Knox, Bell, Laurel and Whitley counties, and with COVID-19 related deaths being reported in both Knox and Bell counties. “We have been notified of seven residents testing...
Posted On 16 Jul 2020

Laurel, Knox, Whitley and Bell counties report additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday

COVID-19 cases continued to increase in Laurel, Knox, Whitley and Bell counties Wednesday afternoon as all four counties reported at least one additional COVID-19 case. The Laurel County Health Department reported Wednesday that eight new cases of COVID-19 had been diagnosed in...
Posted On 15 Jul 2020