Christian County saw another high day for new COVID-19 cases, with 71 newly reported from Tuesday to Wednesday.
That’s according to the Christian County Health Department, which reports the number of total cases is at 3,675—of that, a record 719 are considered active and 2,904 people have recovered from the virus. Christian County has had 52 COVID-19 related deaths.
Since the pandemic began locally, The Christian County Health Department has tested roughly 18,000 and Jennie Stuart Health has conducted 12,024 for a combined total of over 30,000 tests.
Christian County is still waiting to hear when we will receive the first shipment of vaccines, but plans are being developed to help get those distributed to those in high-risk categories as soon as possible, including long term care facility residents, first responders, healthcare workers and others.