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Hazard COVID-19 Outbreak Traced Back To Family Vacation, Now Up To 38 Cases

The COVID-19 outbreak that is primarily centered around the Hazard High School football program has exploded to 38 cases at this point.

According to the Herald-Leader, the first case has been traced back to an out-of-state family vacation.

From there, the virus rapidly spread in the school’s weight room:




Scott Lockard, the director of the Kentucky River District Health Department in Hazard who provided the numbers to the Herald-Leader, said all 38 have been recovering at home.


Lockard had reported on July 11 that the southeastern Kentucky school had suspended athletic team workouts as nine players and a coach tested positive for COVID-19 in a cluster.

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