Lexington Sets New One Day Total for COVID-19 Cases

DEM Blogger

November 6, 2020

Lexington reached a new 1-day high of COVID-19 cases yesterday with 181 reported, which also pushed the total to 12,005 cases and 101 deaths since the outbreak began in March. There have been 945 cases in the last week and 3,053 cases since Oct. 5.

We reached the following thousand-case marks on these dates:

• 12,000: Nov. 5
• 11,000: Oct. 29
• 10,000: Oct. 20
• 9,000: Oct. 6
• 8,000: Sept. 22
• 7,000: Sept. 11
• 6,000: Sept. 2
• 5,000: Aug. 23
• 4,000: Aug. 10
• 3,000: July 28
• 2,000: July 12
• 1,000: June 10
• 1: March 8

The city’s highest one-day totals are:

• 181 cases, Nov. 5
• 167 cases, Sept. 11
• 155 cases, Oct. 30
• 152 cases, Nov. 4
• 149 cases, Sept. 10
• 143 cases, Oct. 29

Please follow these guidelines to help protect others by slowing the spread of COVID-19:

• Wash your hands often
• Avoid close contact with others
• Wear a cloth face-covering in public

Fayette County health department officials update Lexington’s COVID-19 numbers Monday-Saturday at www.lfchd.org.