Update: There were no cases confirmed in the tri-state when this article was originally published. It has since been updated to include two confirmed cases.
Late Thursday morning, the Green River District Health Department (GRDHD) confirmed Daviess County’s first COVID-19 case is a 51-year-old male. The Health Department also confirmed a 63-year-old female residing in Henderson County has tested positive.
Both patients were treated at outpatient facilities. Owensboro Health confirmed all test that have been taken by the hospital have come back so far with negative results, but they are still waiting on some to return.
As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, there had been 489 tests administered across the entire state with 35 coming back positive for coronavirus. Statistics are updated on the state’s COVID-19 website and announced by Gov. Andy Beshear during his daily press conferences.
According to that website, Daviess, Webster, Hopkins, Muhlenberg and Ohio counties had each administered 1-15 tests with no positive cases. Hancock, McLean, Henderson and Union Counties had not yet tested any patients.
Only two patients have tested positive in western Kentucky. A case in Lyon County was announced Tuesday, with a case in Warren County announced Wednesday.
Other counties with cases include Jefferson (11), Harrison (7), Fayette (6), Montgomery (2), Bourbon (2), Clark (2), Nelson, Franklin and Kenton.
The first person to test positive, a 27-year-old female from Harrison County, has fully recovered. Beshear announced Wednesday a second person was expected to fully recover soon.
A 66-year-old man from Bourbon County died Sunday, but other health factors were involved.
Beshear said the state’s testing capacity continues to grow and he hopes to get to a point where anyone could be tested. For now, though, he said tests must be given on a limited basis.
“My goal is to get to a point where we can have a test for every single person who wants one, both for our emotional health and it helps us as a state in how we address it,” he said. “Until then, know that there are limited resources. Even though there are more tests now than we had even a week ago, we’ve got to remember that our resources have to be there for our most vulnerable citizens.”
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