August 25, 2020

Primary Indicators to Systematically Monitor COVID-19 Mitigation and Response — Kentucky

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

Keywords (Tags): public health

• The Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) developed the Indicator Monitoring Report (IMR), which provides daily analysis of 5 key state-level indicators, including new cases, health care capacity data, and contact tracing capacity. IMR review by KDPH during May 19 – July 15 led to successful county-level hotspot identification and mitigation, suggesting that the IMR might be easily adopted by other state and local health departments to guide reopening.

Varela et al. (Aug 25, 2020). Primary Indicators to Systematically Monitor COVID-19 Mitigation and Response — Kentucky, May 19–July 15, 2020. MMWR. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6934e3