COVID-19 Deaths In West Kentucky On The Rise

Kentucky's fight to wipe-out covid-19.

That escalation-- leads to a new warning tonight...in hopes of slowing down the spread 44news reporter tyler druin is live in henderson with the story.

Cases of covid-19 have been surging in west kentucky- in fact, more kentuckians have died in october than any other month of the pandemic.

Officials are nervous that the community spread could be starting in our school buildings.

Since the first week of september,..

According to the school district data online-- henderson, daviess and hopkins county school districts - all with more than a 50% increase in positive covid-19 cases in their buildings.both daviess county and owensboro public schools returned to in- person learning despite surging numbers.

Both districts are currently operating on an in-person hybrid schedule....alon g with hopkins countyhenders on county also seeing a surge in cases... the public school system in henderson county completely virtual right now - parent - chris butler has six children - three of them in private elementary school in henderson - his children attend school in-person five days a week - "i agree with in-person school i feel like my kids get more out of it, we teach them proper hand hygiene, to wear their mask, proper social distancing, so i think as long as we can keep the children on target and on task, everything should be good" the green river health district stressing the importance of limiting the number of people in groups-health department officials telling me large groups of people should not gather under one roof- adding family units should stay together in their home and to practice social distancing at all times- of course wearing a mask helps to protect us against the virus.

As the colder months are rolling in- doctors and scientists fearful tonight that the worst of the coronavirus is yet to come!!

Reporting live in henderson tyler druin and