2,398 new Kentucky coronavirus cases, including 1,472 backlogged cases from Lexington – By Alex Acquisto (Kentucky Journal) / Oct 7 2020
Due in part to a backlog of cases in Fayette County, Gov. Andy Beshear announced a record 2,398 cases of COVID-19 in Kentucky on Wednesday, for a statewide case total of 76,587.
Of the newly announced cases, 926 were truly new; Fayette County’s portion of those cases, 1,472, are from the last month and a half, Beshear said. Still, “even without the backlogged cases, we’re on pace, unfortunately, to have another record week,” he said.
The remainder of Lexington’s case backlog — an additional 400 cases — will be added into the state system in the coming days. In recent weeks, the state’s incidence rate for Fayette County has been outdated because Kentucky’s second-largest city was slow to report its figures to the state, Beshear said. The state and Lexington’s health department began working to resolve the discrepancy after the Herald-Leader reported on it last month.
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