Gov. Andy Beshear announced Tuesday that Kentucky once again broke a weekly vaccination record, with 198,447 Kentuckians receiving their first shot during the reporting week that began on March 16.
The previously weekly record was 165,217 new Kentuckians receiving a vaccine in the week beginning on March 9.
Next week, Kentucky’s state vaccination program is projected to receive more than 142,000 first doses from the federal government.
For those who have been unable to get a vaccine appointment, the governor said Kentucky Dam Village in Gilbertsville had 2,000 appointments available Tuesday afternoon. Other locations with availabilities include Pikeville Medical Center and the Kings Daughters Pavilions in Boyd and Carter counties.
Beshear says he, along with other governors, participated in a conference call Tuesday with the White House Coronavirus Task Force and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“He provided an update talking about how the United States is now doing three million vaccinations per day, which he describes as ‘exciting’ and surpassing initial expectations.”
Beshear says Dr. Anthony so talked about three different directions on COVID-19 cases in the states.
“Some are seeing increases while some are seeing plateaus. But he did talk about how there are states that have the right trajectory, we’re excited to be one.”
(Photo: Mandy Tacket, a nurse at King’s Daughters Medical Center, gives Rosemary York a COVID-19 vaccine at the Pavillion in Flatwoods, on March 10, 2021, as Gov. Andy Beshear, standing right, and Senior Advisor Rocky Adkins, standing center, watch. Courtesy of The Daily Indepedent via Kentucky Today)
Tom Latek, Kentucky Today
