Records continue as Fayette has fifth-highest COVID day

FAYETTE COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) – With 196 cases Tuesday, Fayette County continues to set records for new coronavirus numbers.

Tuesday’s cases pushed the county’s total to 14,367, according to the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department’s morning report Wednesday. The 196 was the fifth-highest single-day total as the county continues to record a string of near-record daily numbers.

The county has recorded 3,3034 cases so far in November; the previous monthly high was 2,804 in September.

The county reported one new death, raising the county’s total at 105.

Almost 31% of the city’s total COVID-19 cases — 4,360 — came in the month Oct. 16-Nov. 16.

To help slow the spread of COVID-19, follow the health and safety guidelines to stay safe this Thanksgiving:https://www.lfchd.org/covid-19-safety-tips-for-thanksgiving/. People can slow the spread by continuing to:
• Wear a cloth face-covering in public
• Avoid close contact with others
• Wash your hands often
• Stay home if you are sick.

The county has had only one day under 100 — Nov. 1 at 97 — this month and that was a Sunday.

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

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

• 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