Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Kentucky’s new-case rate is tops among the states for the fourth day in a row, even as most pandemic metrics in state decline
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News, illustrates state’s No. 1 ranking. Click to enlarge. —– Ky. Health News graph, from state data By Al Cross Kentucky Health...
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Senate Republicans want to end Covid-19 state of emergency March 7, more than a month earlier than they voted last month
Sen. Donald Douglas, R-Nicholasville —– Most of the Republicans in the GOP-controlled state Senate are supporting a resolution that would end the state of emergency that Gov. Andy Beshear declared...
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Physicians in Senate show partisan divide over legislation that would equate most positive antibody tests with Covid-19 vaccine
Sen. Ralph Alvarado —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A resolution to require Kentucky to recognize most positive Covid-19 antibody tests as equivalent to full vaccination for the disease...
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New cases of coronavirus continue to drop in Kentucky, but state still ranks No. 1 in nation, and deaths from Covid-19 remain high
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The leading indicators of...
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Harvard study concludes that it’s too soon to lift mask mandates in most elementary schools
Getty Images —– As the Omicron surge wanes, many school districts are lifting mask mandates. But coronavirus transmission rates are still far too high to lift such mandates in elementary...
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A good news, bad news day in Kentucky: Covid-19 metrics keep falling, but our infection rate remains highest among the states
To enlarge this map, click on it. For the original New York Times map and data, click here. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The good news is that the...
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Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky continue to go down, but the state’s infection rate is now the highest among the states
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. Tennessee may seem as “hot” as Kentucky, but its metropolitan areas have lower rates, so it ranks only fifth...
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Beshear says he expects the pandemic will ease by mid-March in Ky.; right now, our infection rate remains fifth among the states
Kentucky Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday...
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Pandemic numbers keep falling, except daily Covid-19 deaths
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers based on initial, unadjusted reports; click image to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic kept declining in Kentucky Friday, but...
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State’s infection rate still sixth in nation; Beshear blames later Omicron surge and legislature’s removal of his prevention powers
Chart shows how Kentucky’s daily vaccination rate has declined over the last two months. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The metrics used to measure the pandemic in Kentucky...