Kentucky’s COVID-19 positivity rate, once as low as just 1.97% in early April, is inching higher once again, to 9.35% as of Monday, May 16.
According to reporting from our news partners at the Lexington Herald-Leader, this is the seventh consecutive week with a rising positivity rate. The newspaper’s analysis showed an increase in cases, but not an exponential growth in cases due to the omicron variant.
However, citing statistics from a study performed by the Brown University School of Public Health, the newspaper reported that of the 15,830 COVID-19 deaths through the end of April, 7,154 deaths, or 46%, could have been prevented by vaccination.
Most counties on the state’s COVID-19 Community Level map remain green, or low.