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