Health

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.

Monday's report of 20 new cases is among the county's highest single-day totals yet and follows a record-setting week.

During an update Monday, Gov. Andy Beshear reminded Kentuckians that nearly three-fourths of residents support requiring people to wear a mask in public places and asserted the "broken system of social media" allows small groups to look like majorities.

"The worst thing during this is that when one symptom starts to subside, I would develop two different ones. It is almost like someone is controlling them and taking turns turning them up and down as a sick joke." — Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins

Christian County's positive percentage rate for COVID-19 testing in June was 6%, up from 2% in May.

In terms of cases identified on a single day, the state has set a new record for five straight days.

Saturday's report from the Christian County Health Department brings the county's total COVID-19 cases to 323 since the pandemic began in March.

Christian County reported 16 new coronavirus cases Friday, bringing the county's total to 313. Of those cases, 106 are still active.

The state also set another record Friday: 426 new cases of the virus, the most ever identified on one day.

Some employees of the station’s parent company, Paxton Media Group, say that policy discourages them from getting a test. Paxton also owns several newspapers in the region, including the Kentucky New Era.

The health department reported 90 active cases of COVID-19 and 203 people who had recovered from the illness.

"Everyone should wear a mask. People who say 'I don't believe masks work' are ignoring scientific evidence. It's not a belief system. It's like saying, 'I don't believe in gravity.'" — Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of California-Davis Children's Hospital