 A recent surge of positive COVID-19 cases across eastern Kentucky has health officials concerned. I had the chance to speak with the director of the Martin County Health Department to find out more regarding COVID-19 guideline compliance and why their COVID-19 incidence rate is among the highest in eastern Kentucky. The Martin County Health Department, like Pike, Floyd, and other surrounding county health departments, continue to provide updates on numbers to be as transparent as possible with citizens of those counties. Although the numbers they post on a certain day may not reflect the same amount as found on the state's COVID-19 map, due to the amount of information the state must process. After the county's largest spike of 25 positive cases of yesterday and over the weekend, Ward says that he sees the county staying in the red for a little while longer. Reporting from Mountain Top News, I'm Jeremy Justice.