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State-level Metrics

Solid line represents Kentucky 7-day average

New tests Total PCR tests (specimens)

New tests is changing down. The most recent value for New tests was 0 on Mar 7, and the earlist value for New tests was 14602 on Dec 8. The highest recent value for New tests was 18213 on Mar 3.0 Access all chart data

New cases

Cases is changing down. The most recent value for Cases was 525 on Mar 7, and the earlist value for Cases was 3076 on Dec 8. The highest recent value for Cases was 1958 on Feb 19.The lowest recent value for Cases was 504 on Mar 1. Access all chart data

Current hospitalizations

Hospitalization is changing up. The most recent value for Hospitalization was 558 on Mar 7, and the earlist value for Hospitalization was 1760 on Dec 8. The highest recent value for Hospitalization was 1778 on Jan 6.The lowest recent value for Hospitalization was 1504 on Dec 27. Access all chart data

New deaths

New deaths is changing up. The most recent value for New deaths was 13 on Mar 7, and the earlist value for New deaths was 20 on Dec 8. The highest recent value for New deaths was 52 on Mar 6.The lowest recent value for New deaths was 12 on Feb 28. Access all chart data
Total cases
410,709
Confirmed cases
314,385
Probable cases
96,324
New cases today525
Change over 7 days1.5%+
Total tests
(test encounters)
Not Reported
Total tests
(specimens)
3,975,672
Total tests
(people)
Not Reported

Viral (PCR) tests (HHS data)

Total tests
3,564,377

Source: CELR data from states provided in line level format

This data is published by HHS. It may differ from state-provided data.

Data as of
Total tests (specimens)
509,047
Total tests (people)
Not Reported

Warning: Antigen reporting may significantly understate the true number of tests administered

Total tests (specimens)
111,886
Total tests (people)
Not Reported
Now hospitalized
558
Now in ICU
156
Now on ventilator
82
Ever hospitalized
19,457
Ever in ICU
4,034
Ever on ventilator
Not Reported

Hospitalization (HHS data)

See this HHS hospitalization data on a map.

Now hospitalized (confirmed + suspected)
603
Now hospitalized (confirmed only)
515
Now in ICU (confirmed + suspected)
159

This data is published by HHS.

Data as of
Hospital discharges
Not Reported
Total deaths
4,819
Probable deaths
450
Confirmed deaths
4,369

Long-term-care facilities

Total cases
29,450
Total deaths
2,235
Number of facilities affected
408
Percent of state deaths
from LTC facilities
46.4%
New cases since Feb 250.4%
New deaths since Feb 250.4%

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Data as of

Vaccinations

Total resident & staff doses administered
93,784
Staff & resident 1st dose administered
63,387
Staff &resident 2nd dose administered
29,936

Vaccinations administered through the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program

Data as of

Race & ethnicity data

We compute the number of cases and deaths per 100k people for each race and ethnicity.

These numbers show the scale of outcomes compared to the size of each group’s population. These are not the number of cases or deaths, rather the proportion of each demographic group who have been affected.

Race & ethnicity: cases per capita

Cases per 100,000 people
Black or African American
7,490
Hispanic or Latino
10,707
Asian
5,645
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
11,754
American Indian or Alaska Native
8,875
White
7,404

(All data is calculated)

Data as of

Race & ethnicity: deaths per capita

Deaths per 100,000 people
Black or African American
103
Hispanic or Latino
45
Asian
35
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
63*
American Indian or Alaska Native
43*
White
103

(All data is calculated)

* Based on <10 deaths among members of this race/ethnicity. Interpret with caution.

Data as of

Our latest tweets about Kentucky

Our twitter handle is @COVID19Tracking@COVID19Tracking

Twitter
As of today, vaccine data is readily available across 49 states and territories, but our team only found vaccine data on doses administered in LTCs in seven states: Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

January 14, 2021

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20 states provided no update: AK, CA, CT, DC, ID, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MP, NC, ND, NH, OH, RI, SC, SD, UT, VT. 7 other states made partial updates.

December 26, 2020

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The following jurisdictions did not report today: AS, CT, FL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MP, NC, NH, OH, RI, SC, SD, UT, VI, VT, WY. 10 more reported partial data. Some will report two days of data tomorrow.

November 27, 2020

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38 states reported over 1k cases. CO, IN, KY, MD, MN, MO, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NV, PA, WV, and UT all set records for detected cases. (5 states did not report cases.)

November 14, 2020

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Update for our data users - we continued to implement changes to our original totalTestResults API field, resulting in a ~600k cumulative test increase since March. We updated test totals for 14 states: AK, AL, AR, AS, CA, DC, GA, ID, KY, MN, NH, SD, VA, and WA.

September 18, 2020

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