Garrard's 3rd COVID-19 Case Confirmed

Lancaster, KY (April 24, 2020) - Garrard County has another resident that has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the third case for contact investigation in the county.

According to the Garrard County Health Department, the positive lab result was originally inadvertently reported to another county but was transferred to staff at Garrard County Health Department today.

As with the first and second cases, further tracking and monitoring of close contacts will be continued by the Garrard County Health Department’s Epidemiology Team as per protocol. If you have not been contacted by the Garrard County Health Department as having been a close contact, you are considered as having no more risk than the general public.

The Garrard County Health Department asks that citizens remain vigilant in practices such as: social distancing, hand washing, and that you report any signs or symptoms of COVID-19 to your primary care provider or to a local screening site such as Ephraim McDowell Health at (859)936-8350.