FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – Governor Andy Beshear has provided an update on COVID-19 cases.
Governor Beshear reported 1,306 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the state’s total to 400,307 cases. The governor says the state is seeing a 5.90 percent positivity rate, the lowest since Oct. 27. Of the new cases on Wednesday, 183 are in children aged 18 or younger.
There were 51 reported COVID-19-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the state’s total to 4,527.
As of Wednesday, 883 people have been hospitalized for COVID-19-related reasons, 228 are in the ICU and 112 on fans. At least 47,225 Kentuckians have recovered from the virus.
“We’re getting these vaccines to market faster than the federal government can provide them, so there is a lot of hope in the future,” said Gov. Beshear. “We are going to beat this virus this year, but until then we have to protect each other.”
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