Fayette records another day of under 200 new COVID cases

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The progress may be slight, but it may be progress nonetheless.

The number of new coronavirus cases was below 200 for another day Tuesday and although the county crossed the 21,000 threshold, it took longer to total 1,000 cases than it had in more than a month when the numbers were mounting every four days.

According to the daily morning report Wednesday from the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department, the county confirmed 170 new cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases since March to 21,005.

While the numbers still are high, they suggest the surge in the county may be stabilizing, even if not yet fully declining.

The county record no additional deaths, leaving the total lost to coronavirus-related causes at 143.

Health officials say the numbers aren’t any reason to relax.

“The last few days, we’ve been asked about the lower numbers. Any days the positive cases are down from the 300-400 from late November and early December is a good thing, but ‘down’ is relative – these are still much higher counts than in the summer and even two or three times what they were in October. Our ‘low days’ are higher than most of our high days in the fall, so we can’t put our guard down,” Health Department Communications Director Kevin Hall said.

According to the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department’s daily report, the county has confirmed 3,602 new cases and 10 deaths through the first 15 days of December.

That’s more than all of August, September or October.

To help slow the spread of COVID-19, follow these guidelines:
• Wear a cloth face-covering in public
• Avoid close contact with others
• Wash your hands often
• Stay home if you are sick.

Lexington’s COVID-19 numbers, including charts with demographics, hospitalizations and more, are updated Monday-Saturday at lfchd.org.

• 110, March
• 143, April
• 507, May
• 793, June
• 1,702 July
• 2,538, August
• 2,804, September
• 2,736, October
• 6,070, November

The county reached the following thousand-case marks on these dates:

• 21,000: Dec. 15
• 20,000: Dec. 10

• 19,000: Dec. 6
• 18,000: Dec. 2
• 17,000: Nov. 28
• 16,000: Nov. 24
• 15,000: Nov. 20
• 14,000: Nov. 16
• 13,000: Nov. 11
• 12,000: Nov. 5
• 11,000: Oct. 29
• 10,000: Oct. 20
• 9,000: Oct. 6
• 8,000: Sept. 22
• 7,000: Sept. 11
• 6,000: Sept. 2
• 5,000: Aug. 23
• 4,000: Aug. 10
• 3,000: July 28
• 2,000: July 12
• 1,000: June 10
• 1: March 8