Nearly 13,000 COVID-19 cases in KY. Three counties account for 48 percent of Tuesday’s new cases.

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At his daily coronavirus (COVID-19) briefing on Tuesday, Gov. Andy Beshear reported over 200 new cases of the virus have been confirmed since Monday afternoon.

The governor said there are 203 new cases of the virus in Kentucky, increasing to 12,829 the number of COVID-19 cases in the state.

Three Kentucky counties account for 47.8 percent of the new cases, as Jefferson (54), Fayette (28) and Warren (15) are the only counties in the state to report new cases in double-digits. The three counties also lead the state in total COVID-19 cases, as Jefferson County reports 3,412 cases, Warren 1,288 and Fayette 1,088. Those 5,788 cases represent 45.1 percent of Kentucky’s coronavirus victims.

Combined, Jefferson (770,000), Warren (133,000) and Fayette (323,000) counties have a population of just over 1.2 million people, about 27 percent of Kentucky’s total population of 4.4 million.

After reporting six new deaths on Monday, Beshear announced seven virus-related deaths on Tuesday, raising the commonwealth’s death toll to 512 (4.0 percent fatality rate).

The deaths are a 72-year-old man from Allen County; a 43-year-old man and 68-year-old woman from Boone County; a 77-year-old woman from Green County; an 80-year-old woman from Hardin County; and two women, ages 74 and 89, from Jefferson County.

Officials said 2,436 (19 percent) people have been hospitalized since the beginning of the pandemic, with 395 patients currently in a hospital. To date, 969 (7.6 percent) victims have received treatment in ICU, with 69 people currently in intensive care.

At least 3,431 (26.7 percent) Kentuckians have recovered from the virus, while 324,433 (7.4 percent of the population) tests have been conducted.

By Ken Howlett, News Director

Contact Ken at ken@k105.com