Gov. Andy Beshear announced 246 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and Monday, bringing the state’s total to 6,677 since the state’s first coronavirus case was confirmed in early March.
Seven deaths from COVID-19 were reported on Sunday and Monday for a total of 311.
On Sunday the deaths included a 67-year-old man from Allen County, and 73-year-old woman and a 90-year-old woman, both from Jefferson County. Monday’s deaths included a 72-year-old man from Bullitt County, a 69-year-old man from Henderson County, a 79-year-old woman from Hopkins County and a 72-year-old woman from Jefferson County.
For the first time in a month, Beshear said during his daily briefing, the number of people in an intensive-care unit declined, down from 222 over to the weekend to 220 on Monday.
At least 2,335 people in Kentucky have recovered from the coronavirus, the governor said.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
