Updates on the coronavirus response in Kentucky for Tuesday, March 17:
- Three more Kentucky cases of COVID-19 were confirmed overnight, raising the total to 25.
- The state Public Service Commission ordered all utilities it regulates to suspend until further notice, and for at least 30 days, all cutoffs for non-payment, and to stop charging late-payment fees.
- The University of Kentucky said classes would go online the rest of the semester, not just the two weeks after the current spring break.
- Gov. Andy Beshear begins once-a-day updates today at 3 p.m. CDT.
- “It’s a character test for us collectively as a society,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at his update this morning, pleading for more federal help for states, “especially on the hospital capacity issue.”
This report will be updated throughout the day.
