Two Deaths, 200+ Infections Reported In Western KY

Evansville IN

24 February, 2022

3:14 PM

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By John Gibson, WNIN February 24, 2022 COVID-19 related deaths and infections are down in western Kentucky. The Green River District Health Department recorded one new fatality in Webster County and another in McLean County on its Tuesday report. The agency also counted 214 new COVID cases in the seven-county district between Friday and Monday. Both numbers were lower than in recent reports. The department also said its daily average for new cases dipped below 100 to about 78. The district has seen 779 COVID-related deaths during the pandemic, with nearly half of them in Daviess County. Henderson County has seen 149 fatalities. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.