County COVID Cases Have Either Decreased or Remained Steady For Six Straight Weeks

Darren Doyle, story:
Active COVID cases in Edmonson County remained nearly the same for another week, according to the latest data released from the Barren River District Health Department. It is the sixth consecutive week that cases have either declined or remained steady in the county.

The BRDHD reported a total of 918 cases from the start of the pandemic, 838 recoveries, and 18 deaths listed from COVID-19 in Edmonson County, which is an active case number of 62 this week; a slight change from 59 last week, out of 12,000 county residents.

Edmonson County is still at the bottom of the eight-county list when it comes to reported deaths from the virus and has consistently had the lowest number of active and total cases, swapping occasionally with Metcalfe County.