Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday reported 2,690 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Kentucky over the previous 24 hours, down from the 2,931 new cases reported last Tuesday.
The new cases increase the state’s COVID-19 victim count to 162,838.
Officials reported 17 new deaths, raising the commonwealth’s coronavirus death toll to 1,809 (1.1 percent fatality rate). Kentucky has now had 97 COVID-19-related deaths over the last six days (16.2 per day).
Those reported lost to the virus on Tuesday include a 90-year-old woman from Calloway County; two women, ages 64 and 81, and a 52-year-old man from Daviess County; an 81-year-old man from Hardin County; a 67-year-old man from Henry County; an 86-year-old woman and five men, ages 64, 67, 75, 76 and 88, from Jefferson County; a 78-year-old woman from Kenton County; a 60-year-old man from Martin County; a 90-year-old woman from McLean County; an 88-year-old woman from Metcalfe County; and an 81-year-old woman from Shelby County.
For the second straight day, the rolling seven-day positivity rate dropped, as the metric checked in at 8.82 percent, down from Monday’s 8.97 percent.
Hospitalizations rose by 85 patients to 1,658, while intensive care patients went up by one to 390. Victims on ventilators increased by four patents to 207.
Since the onset of the pandemic, 9,623 (5.9 percent) people have been hospitalized, with 2,384 (1.5 percent) patients treated in intensive care.
At least 26,951 (16.6 percent) Kentuckians have recovered from the virus, and 2.67 million COVID-19 tests have been administered in the state.
Travel advisory
The Kentucky Department for Public Health recommends not traveling to the following states due to dangerously high positivity rates:
Wyoming (58.9 percent), South Dakota (44.1), Iowa (43.1), Idaho (40.1), Kansas (38.2), Pennsylvania (25.4), New Mexico (23.9), Missouri (22.6), Alabama (22.2), Utah (19.6), Montana (18.7), Arizona (18.5), Mississippi (18.2), Oregon (16.3) and Ohio (15.9).
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
