The county’s case total was 411 as of Saturday with 182 active cases, 225 recovered and four deaths. More than 20% of the county's positive tests for COVID-19 have been reported in the last week.
The National Rural Health Association wants to make it easier for struggling rural hospitals to qualify for a designation that gets them extra reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid in return for limiting their beds, services and length of patient stays.
The governor again noted the elevated number of young children who have tested positive: 10 in Friday's list of new cases were under 5, and five were 1 or younger.
“No rules. Companies wouldn’t even have to sanitize or use hand sanitizer. No masks. Just the wild west. That’s terrifying,” Gov. Andy Beshear said today in response to Attorney General Daniel Cameron's request that a Boone County judge overturn all emergency orders put in place by the governor.
Dr. Robert Hughes said the United States is failing in virus containment efforts because of citizens and leaders treating COVID-19 as a political issue. He pointed to Germany, where he said Chancellor Angela Merkel is letting scientists take the lead, as a model for a proper response to the pandemic.
Visiting will occur in an area close to the main entrance, not in residents' rooms. Visitors will be screened for COVID-19 symptoms or contacts, required to wear masks and required to stay six feet from the resident.
Beshear reported 576 cases, almost as many as the 625 that the state reported on May 5, when it included 309 cases from a prison, which were found over several days of testing.
