Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Seven-day average of coronavirus cases is creeping up, and 11th in U.S., but positivity rate, a leading indicator, is inching down
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers are initial, unadjusted daily reports; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While the seven-day average of coronavirus cases...
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Beshear says vaccines for Phase 1C could start soon; UK site already there, CJ says; new cases up but positive-test rate down
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state announced 1,993 new cases of the novel...
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Beshear says new sites will put vaccine close to all Kentuckians; opens assisted-living facilities to limited visitation; urges testing
White House Coronavirus Task Force graphic, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear offered some good news at his last news conference of...
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Coronavirus case numbers keep going down but state’s 7-day rate is still among the top 10; positive-test rate is up slightly
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, suggests Tennessee is a national leader in new cases of the novel coronavirus over the last seven days, but it’s not even...
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State to get a 29% boost in vaccine supply next week; weekly shipments have increased 63% since vaccine rollouts began
Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus vaccine supply will increase by...
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Child-care workers can now get vaccinated for the coronavirus
Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; to enlarge the image, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After months of feeling frustrated that they...
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New cases of the virus in Kentucky are down for the fifth week in a row; state’s seven-day infection rate falls to ninth in the nation
Ky. Health News graph; daily case numbers are initial, unadjusted; click the image to enlarge it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Cases of the novel coronavirus in Kentucky...
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Pandemic metrics keep falling, but Ky. infection rate remains one of highest; impact on Blacks in state is no longer disproportionate
County infection-rate ranges since start of pandemic, with lowest and highest marked. For other counties, via an interactive map from the American Communities Project, click here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health...
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Major measures of pandemic in Ky. fall; deaths remain high, but 14-day average declining; infection rates still high in Southern Ky.
Gov. Andy Beshear visited a vaccination site at Broadbent Arena in Louisville Friday. (State photo) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News All major measures of the Covid-19 pandemic declined in...
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State announces more vaccination locations, making 156; health chief clarifies CDC mask guidance; Ky. still a new-case hotspot
State Dept. for Public Health chart, with extra labeling by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Looking forward to the day when Kentucky has...