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Wednesday’s COVID-19 Data: 2,913 New, 8.77% Positivity, 17 New Deaths

Kentucky COVID-19 Vaccine Monitoring
As of December 15:
Total State Population: 4,467,673
at least one dose – Fully Vaxxed – Boost/Add.Doses
Total State Population Vaccinated:                                  2,732,964               2,394,037          725,868
% of Total State Population Vaccinated:                                    62%                            54%             16%
Total State Population > 18 Years of Age Vaccinated: 2,522,892               2,231,611          725,416
% of Total State Population > 18 Years of Age Vaccinated:    73%                           64%             21%
Total State Population >65 Years of Age Vaccinated:     700,577                    633,147        347,623
% of Total State Population >65 Years of Age Vaccinated:    93%                             84%            46%
First Dose Administered by Vaccine:
Pfizer: 1,466,739 54%
Moderna: 1,065,832 39%
Janssen(J&J): 197,419 7%
Notes from Wednesday’s 12.15 Ky. COVID-19 Daily Summary

Total New Cases: 2,913 Confirmed: 1,699 Probable: 1,214
18 & Under: 765 Confirmed: 364 Probable: 401
Total Cases: 820,715 including 577,439 Confirmed Cases and 243,276 Probable cases.

Positivity Rate: 8.77% (7-day Rollover Average)*

Total Tests: 10,959,899 Total Positive Tests: 996,084 Total PCR Positive: 678,419 Total Serology Positive: 54,426 Total Antigen Positive: 263,239
Kentuckians Ever Hospitalized with COVID-19: 34,072 (4.15%)
Kentuckians now in Hospital with COVID-19: 1,249
Kentuckians Ever in ICU with COVID-19: 6,555 (0.80%)
Kentuckians now in ICU with COVID-19: 327
Kentuckians on a Ventilator with COVID-19: 179

Current Overall Capacity:
Occupied    Available     Percent
Inpatient Beds:
          9,511                3,753                  71.7%
ICU Beds:                     1,307                   107                 92.4%
Ventilators:                    640                 1,266                33.6%

New Deaths announced today: 17
*16 duplicates and records not meeting case criteria removed since the last report.

Total Deaths due to COVID-19: 11,693 Confirmed: 10,275 Probable: 1,418

Kentucky COVID-19 Vaccine Monitoring Stats

QuarantineofVaccinatedPersonsGuidance (from CDC.gov)

Vaccine.KY.Gov to see when you can get vaccinated, or call 855-598-2246 from 8 am to 7 pm Monday-Friday. 855-598-2246 TTY: 855-326-4654 (8 am to 7 pm Monday – Friday)

The data collected by the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) on case patients comes from a number of sources, including electronic laboratory reports, provider case.
disease and COVID-19 investigation reports, local health department investigation results, hospital infection prevention clinical patient data, and KDPH investigation results. Data is often found incomplete and/or incorrect and during KDPH investigation individual patient-level data is added to, corrected, and de-duplicated so that overall case counts and aggregate data values change daily.

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