Category: YOUR HEALTH
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New records: 3,173 cases; 1,358 hospitalizations, 307 in ICUs; 25 deaths; nursing-home cases and deaths follow similar trend
Kentucky Health News chart; case numbers are from unadjusted initial daily reports. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The coronavirus pandemic in Kentucky exploded Friday, with record numbers of...
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Cases and positive-test rate continue to surge; Beshear says if cases keep increasing, Kentucky hospitals “will end up overrun”
State Department for Public Health chart shows 94 counties in highest danger zone. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 2,342 new cases of the novel coronavirus in...
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Kentucky has highest day of new coronavirus cases by far, 2,700, as positive-test rate jumps to 8.12% and all other metrics are bad
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers from unadjusted daily reports; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear reported a record 2,700 new...
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4th highest day for virus cases; state issues Thanksgiving caution; 94 Kentucky counties are in one of White House’s danger zones
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Lisa Gillespie and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear reported 2,120 new cases...
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Beshear says Ky. testing practices provide “accurate picture” of coronavirus in Ky., contrary to two economists who say it doesn’t
Paul Coomes and Kenneth Troske (L-R) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear disagreed Monday with two prominent Kentucky economists who want the state to do random...
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All the major metrics used to measure the coronavirus in Ky. have reached new highs; health chief expects them to keep going up
State chart, relabeled by Ky. Health News; last week may be adjusted. Click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 1,745 new cases...
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In the past week, Ky. has had the most new coronavirus cases yet; share of Kentuckians testing positive jumps again, to 7.24%
Map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News, shows rates over last seven days. Click it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 1,177 new cases of the...
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Coronavirus cases are third highest in a single day; positive-test rate is highest since testing became widely available; 17 deaths
Kentucky Health News chart from state Department for Public Health reports —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 2,162 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the most ever on a Saturday...
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2 economists say state must do random testing to see true impact of coronavirus; examples indicate lower covid-19 mortality rate
Horth Rasur, Shutterstock image from News Medical —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The best way to determine the true impact of the novel coronavirus in Kentucky would be...
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Christian County health director goes behind the daily data to tell covid-19 “stories to pull at your heart strings”
Kayla Bebout —– The front-line fighters against the coronavirus are employees of local health departments, who find their jobs increasingly difficult. People exposed to the virus won’t self-quarantine, or won’t...