Jefferson County to possibly shut down HS Sports later this week

WDRB-Louisville reports Jefferson County Public Schools superintendent Marty Pollio will decide by Thursday evening whether to shut down athletics in Jefferson County schools due to the high Covid-19 numbers. Games scheduled this week, including high school football, will go on as scheduled.

Jefferson County hit the red phase in the state’s color-coded COVID-19 rate map over the weekend, reaching 27.4 new daily coronavirus infections per 100,000 residents based on a seven-day average as of Sunday.