Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said Tuesday that if the state continues trending toward a sixth straight week of declining COVID-19 cases, he could begin lifting restrictions placed on businesses and venues in the state to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Kentucky reported 1,255 new cases of COVID -19 Tuesday, the fewest for a Tuesday since October 13. There were just 63 counties considered “red counties” on the state’s incidence rate map and the testing positivity rate remained at 6.5-percent. Beshear said those trends mean some restrictions could be lifted soon but didn’t get into specifics.
click to download audioThe state announced 27 new deaths linked to COVID-19. Beshear said some of those occurred in December and two were in November as the fatalities continue to lag behind the case total.
click to download audioOn the vaccination front, Beshear said the state received 71,675 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government this week – the most since December 22. He said the state is expected to get another 29-percent increase bringing the weekly total to 87,860, up from an earlier average of 53,800 a week.
About 12-percent of the state’s population has received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Kentucky reported 1,255 new cases of COVID -19 Tuesday, the fewest for a Tuesday since October 13. There were just 63 counties considered “red counties” on the state’s incidence rate map and the testing positivity rate remained at 6.5-percent. Beshear said those trends mean some restrictions could be lifted soon but didn’t get into specifics.
click to download audioThe state announced 27 new deaths linked to COVID-19. Beshear said some of those occurred in December and two were in November as the fatalities continue to lag behind the case total.
click to download audioOn the vaccination front, Beshear said the state received 71,675 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government this week – the most since December 22. He said the state is expected to get another 29-percent increase bringing the weekly total to 87,860, up from an earlier average of 53,800 a week.
About 12-percent of the state’s population has received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
