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By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – The number of new cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky declined Tuesday from a week earlier, but there were also 14 new deaths. During a virtual press briefing, since he and his family are in quarantine at the Governor’s Mansion, Gov. Andy Beshear announced 776 new…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 12, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Gov. Beshear conducted Monday’s news conference remotely as he and his family quarantine in the Governor’s Mansion after they were potentially exposed to COVID-19 late Saturday afternoon through a member…

By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – A total of 2,398 cases of the coronavirus were reported to state public health officials on Wednesday, but the majority of them were due to a backlog of reporting them by the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department. During a Wednesday press briefing at the Capitol, Gov. Andy…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). “This story of Team Kentucky, of fighting this international pandemic and thus far doing better than most, has come down to all of us sacrificing and all of us stepping…

​​​​​​​FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 3, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Saturday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Today, he reported the highest-ever daily total and the highest-ever weekly total of new COVID-19 cases in the commonwealth. “I know it’s been a tough couple of days, seeing the…

By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Halloween should be for the kids not adults, and should be done differently this year, is the message from Gov. Andy Beshear and State Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack. “We can’t do things exactly like we did before,” the governor said during a Capitol press…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 29, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) and said the state has reported the second-highest daily total of new cases. “I said yesterday I believe we’re at the start of a new escalation. We’re certainly seeing that…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 26, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Saturday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). “Folks, right now we are on pace to have the single highest week in terms of positive cases that we’ve ever had,” said Gov. Beshear. “We simply have to do…

WARREN TAYLOR | Citizen Staff Bourbon County is up to its highest number of active Covid-19 cases, according to Andrea Brown of the Bourbon County Health Department. During the Sept. 24 Bourbon County Fiscal Court Meeting, Brown, the health department’s public health director, said that there were 29 active cases as of Thursday, which brought…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 25, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). “Today’s COVID report is far too many cases and unfortunately far too many people who we’ve lost,” said Gov. Beshear. “This virus has come for us. We have to fight…