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I'm afraid this is going to be an issue again this fall as well. The announcement below was put out by the Carter County Superintendent Ronnie Dotson this afternoon:

Upon the recommendation of the Carter County Health Department, due to the high number of students that have tested positive for COVID 19, the first day for students has been delayed until August 16.  Employees will report to school for opening day and planning/professional development on Tuesday and Wednesday.  All school activities including meetings and practices are to be cancelled until such time as we can return to school.

Both East and West Carter football teams will have top postpone their two scrimmages for Aug. 6 and 13.

Here is counties with about the same or worse incidence rate as Carter County's 55.4 rate.

Aug 2nd Average Daily Cases per 100K Population:

50.0 Ohio County
53.7 Hopkins County
55.0 Knott County
55.2 Whitley County
55.4 Carter County
55.5 Knox County
57.4 Webster County
58.2 Metcalfe County
59.7 Muhlenberg County
61.6 Letcher County
68.3 Hart County
69.4 Floyd County
70.5 Laurel County
89.0 Jackson County
104.8 Clay County