Daily COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, November 24th

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During his 4 p.m. update on Tuesday, Nov. 24, Gov. Beshear reported 2,690 new cases of COVID-19. This bring’s Kentucky’s total cases to 162,838, with 134,739 of those cases being lab confirmed and 28,099 are probable.

Seventeen new deaths were reported Tuesday. Those reported lost to the virus include a 90-year-old woman from Calloway County; two women, ages 64 and 81, and a 52-year-old man from Daviess County; an 81-year-old man from Hardin County; a 67-year-old man from Henry County; an 86-year-old woman and five men, ages 64, 67, 75, 76 and 88, from Jefferson County; a 78-year-old woman from Kenton County; a 60-year-old man from Martin County; a 90-year-old woman from McLean County; an 88-year-old woman from Metcalfe County; and an 81-year-old woman from Shelby County.

This makes a total of 1,809 Kentuckians lost to the virus; though 45 of those are probable and only 1,764 are lab confirmed.

A total of 2,671,628 COVID-19 test have been administered in Kentucky. 2,470,357were PCR Test, 94,429 were serology test, and 106,842were antigen test. The positivity rate currently stands at 8.82%.

Currently 1,658 Kentuckians are hospitalized due COVID-19 related symptoms. With 390 in the ICU and 207 on a ventilator. On a positve note, at least 26,951 Kentuckians have recovered from the virus.

Top counties with the most positive cases Tuesday were: Jefferson, Fayette, Hardin and Madison.

The red zone counties for this week can be found here, on the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services website. Community leaders, businesses, schools and families in these counties should all follow red zone reduction recommendations.

KDPH especially advises against travel to any state with a positivity rate of 15% or higher. Currently, those states are: Wyoming (58.89%), South Dakota (44.14%), Iowa (43.14%), Idaho (40.12%), Kansas (38.23%), Pennsylvania (25.40%), New Mexico (23.87%), Missouri (22.59%), Alabama (22.15%), Utah (19.62%), Montana (18.71%), Arizona (18.54%), Mississippi (18.23%), Oregon (16.30%) and Ohio (15.87%).