Covid-19 update: Infection-control inspections indicate nursing homes were ready for pandemic; chart has county infection trends

As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov.

• State inspection records indicate that most Kentucky nursing homes were prepared for the pandemic after it began, Bailey Loosemore reports for the Louisville Courier Journal. "At least 154 of the state's 285 licensed nursing homes have received covid-19-focused infection-control inspections since late March, including eight facilities that have reported some of the highest numbers of cases." Only two "were cited for infection-related deficiencies," both "not properly wearing a mask." Two others received citations unrelated to the pandemic.
• Lexington is going through a third round of increases in new daily coronavirus cases, but not because 10 nights of protests have spread the virus, public-health officials told the Lexington Herald-Leader. It is spreading “rapidly” in the city, local health-department spokesman Kevin Hall said, but “Based on our case investigations, the protests are not contributing to the rise in cases we’ve seen this week and the couple weeks prior.” Symptoms can appear two to 14 days after infection.
• The New York Times tracks infection rates in each U.S. county over time. Here's a screenshot of the top 20 counties on its Kentucky chart as of 11 a.m. Monday: