Category: CORONAVIRUS
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White House report: 70% of Ky. counties had a moderate or high level of virus spread; advises trading with stores that follow rules
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force again has Kentucky in...
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Cases and hospitalizations keep escalating; state prepares for a medical surge; in-home gatherings discouraged in 43 counties
Dark blue line on K-12 school dashboard shows number of quarantined students; light blue line is the number of quarantined staff; red line is new student cases; the orange line...
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Coronavirus cases highest for a Monday; positivity rate nears 5%, hospitalizations are up; Beshear says we know how to fix it
State graph, labeled by Ky. Health News; previous week has backlog of 1,426. (Click to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 647 new coronavirus...
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State issues plan for distributing covid-19 vaccine; only 24% in self-selected Sept. survey in Anderson County said they’d take it
Pfizer’s vaccine is in clinical trials. (Photo by Marco Bello, Reuters) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health has issued its draft plan for distributing a covid-19...
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812 new coronavirus cases make seven-day rolling average of daily new cases 1,064; Fauci says virus is the ‘most puzzling’ one
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky recorded 812 new cases of the novel coronavirus Sunday, lowering the seven-day rolling average of new cases to 1,064 from the high of...
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New-case totals highest for a Saturday, third highest overall; top 3 have all occurred this week; Beshear alludes to Republican jabs
Kentucky Health News graph, from unadjusted daily counts, excluding large backlogs —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 1,295 new cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday, and “All...
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State reports 1,319 new virus cases, second highest daily total; prison has outbreak; schools have more problems staying open
Kentucky Health News chart, based on unadjusted daily reports of new cases; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky recorded the second largest number...
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With cases over 1,250 second day in a row, Beshear sees ‘most serious’ surge and ‘time when we either succeed or begin to fail’
Kentucky Health News graph, based on state’s unadjusted daily case numbers, does not include 1,472 backlogged Fayette County cases recorded on Oct. 7. —– By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News...
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Ky. records 1,346 new cases, the most found in one day; Beshear asks local officials to work on mask compliance and gatherings
Kentucky Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear’s hope for a stabilization in coronavirus cases was crushed Wednesday as he...
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Beshear thinks case numbers may be stabilizing, but expresses concern about hospitalizations; 200 schools haven’t reported yet
White House Coronavirus Task Force chart; for a larger, clearer version, click on it. —– By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News After announcing 776 new cases of the coronavirus Tuesday,...