Governor Andy Beshear announces Kentucky’s positivity rate dips below 12%; deaths remain high

By WYMT News Staff FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT) – Governor Andy Beshear announced 3,391 new COVID-19 cases in Kentucky on Tuesday. 873 of Tuesday’s new cases were children 18 and younger. 2,287 Kentuckians remain hospitalized. 664 people remain in the ICU, with 445 on a ventilator. The state’s positivity rate fell slightly to 11.95% As of Tuesday,…

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“We’re very mindful of them” : More than 10 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at the Kentucky River Regional Jail

by Vivica Grayson PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – Positive cases of COVID-19 continue to impact communities across the United States. In Perry County, the Kentucky River Regional Jail staff are facing an issue within their 135 bed facility. “We’re a little overcrowded at the moment,” said Jail Administrator Lonnie Brewer. “I have about 240 inmates.”…

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FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12-15

BY SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF | NATIONWIDE The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday expanded the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children 12-15. What You Need To Know The FDA expanded the Emergency Use Authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to include children 12-15 The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was previously approved for…

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‘Solid economic recovery’ boosts Kentucky’s economic outlook with major credit rating agency

Gov. Andy Beshear announced one of the big three credit rating agencies, Fitch Ratings, improved the state’s financial outlook to stable, reflecting the commonwealth’s solid economic recovery from the pandemic. In the periodic rating report issued Tuesday, analysts wrote that the rating “reflects the commonwealth’s solid ability to control revenues and expenditures to maintain fiscal balance, a declining…

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1.83 million people have received at least first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Ky.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear announced on Tuesday that 1,835,176 people have received at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Kentucky. “We’re getting closer to reaching our 2.5 million–vaccine Team Kentucky Vaccination Challenge every day, but we need to pick up the pace, especially among younger Kentuckians,” he said. “There are vaccination appointments available…

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Ag. Commissioner Quarles Calls For Kentucky ‘Reopening Date’

By RYLAND BARTON Republican Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles is calling on Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear to set a firm “reopening” date for the state amid the coronavirus pandemic. The demand comes as Republican-led states like Tennessee and Florida have almost entirely dropped pandemic-related restrictions and others have set dates when they will reopen further. It also comes as the…

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