Month: September 2021
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Kentucky hospitals report record number of Covid-19 patients on mechanical ventilation; most schools will keep masks
Since this map was published, Gallatin County has imposed a two-week mask mandate. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state reported 5,133 new cases of the coronavirus Friday,...
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Wrestlers promote coronavirus vaccine in Clay County
Tyler Matrix and Shane Mathews in an Ohio Valley Wrestling match in 2016 (Courier Journal photo by Pat McDonogh) —– “Pro wrestlers are going to the mat to try to boost Covid-19 vaccinations...
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Beshear says school officials who don’t require masks are making ‘an inexcusable decision’ and making themselves liable; health commissioner says misinformation spreaders ‘are killing people’
Kentucky Department for Public Health chart —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Top state officials’ pleas to get a Covid-19 vaccine, and for universal masking in schools, were as urgent as...
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Poll shows fewer Kentuckians hesitant about vaccines, but ‘hard core’ 20% are dead-set against; mask views, habits deeply split
The question above was asked of those poll respondents who had said they had not been vaccinated. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News When vaccines for the coronavirus were...
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Fourth highest day of new cases; 49 deaths make average nearly 30 per day; two hospital regions report all intensive-care beds full
For the first time, more than one hospital-readiness region reported all its intensive-care beds full. Regions in white have fewer than 80% of their ICU beds occupied. (State chart; click to...
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Cases and hospital numbers tick up again; state’s 7-day infection rate is second in nation; positive-test rate declines again
State Department for Public Health graph; EUA is the acronym for emergency-use authorization. The federal government is now running the antibody supplies through states due to heavy demand. —– By Melissa Patrick...
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‘The only true cure for Covid is prevention,’ worker on Covid-19 unit says as record number of hospitals report staffing shortages
Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With 69% of Kentucky’s acute-care hospitals reporting...
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Studies show that properly wearing masks slows the spread of the coronavirus, as part of a multi-layered prevention approach
Janel Carter held a “Stop The Mandates” sign as legislative action moved from the state Capitol to the Capitol Annex on the first day of the special legislative session. (Photo by...
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Ky. infection rate is still 3rd, and it has 12 of top 25 counties, N.Y. Times says, but ranks better on shots than most adjoining states
National Geographic map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– Kentucky’s coronavirus infection rate over the last seven days is still the nation’s third-highest, and its rate...
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Corbin mayor asks the unvaccinated to ‘shelter in place’ to keep city’s 273-bed regional hospital from being overwhelmed
Suzie Razmus (via Facebook) —– Voicing worry that Corbin’s regional hospital can’t cope with the raft of Covid-19 patients, Mayor Suzie Razmus is advising unvaccinated people to stay home. “I just...