The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department reported 460 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, including a new 1-day high on Saturday with 265. There have been 13,926 cases and 104 deaths total since the outbreak began in March, with 2,593 cases so far in November.
The release from the health department says the current spike “closely aligns with exposures from the weekend of Halloween.” Health officials remind you to wear a mask, keep at least six feet apart from anyone who does not live in your household and wash your hands regularly. Since Fayette has been identified as a red zone county, you are asked to work from home if possible, do not hold or attend gatherings of any size, support local businesses by ordering carry-out instead of dining in restaurants and stay home if you can. School districts in red zone counties are also asked to switch to NTI if they have been holding in-person classes. The mask mandate remains in effect.
The city’s highest single-day case counts have been in November:
• 265 cases, Nov. 14
• 255 cases, Nov. 11
• 236 cases, Nov. 7
• 195 cases, Nov.15
• 189 cases, Nov. 12
• 187 cases, Nov. 13
• 184 cases, Nov. 10
• 183 cases, Nov. 9
• 181 cases, Nov. 5