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The health department also reports 203 people who previously tested positive for COVID-19 are now listed as recovered.

One measure Beshear could mandate is the wearing of face masks, a step that is highly controversial despite proof that it curbs the spread of the virus. Such orders have been issued by governors in at least 19 other states, including West Virginia.

In a week-to-week comparison, the county just finished its second largest case week with 39 new cases during the week of June 28.

The previous one-day high was 322, except the 625 reported on May 5, when the total included 309 cases found over many days of testing at a Western Kentucky prison. 

Robert Celing was hospitalized for 12 days after becoming ill from a coronavirus infection. He received a plasma transfusion that a Jennie Stuart Medical Center doctor said probably saved his life.

The health department's report also includes 165 people who were confirmed to have the coronavirus and then recovered.

The state's daily report said 433 Kentuckians are hospitalized and 109 of them are in intensive care, apparently the most yet. Beshear has said that in addition to maintaining a plateau of new cases, hospitalizations and intensive-care cases are important metrics to watch as the state tries to function during a pandemic.

A chart published by the Texas Medical Association outlines the COVID-19 exposure risk associated with a variety of activities — from pumping gas to attending a backyard barbecue to going to a bar.

Among the county's 96 active cases, 19 were in the youth category of birth to 21 years of age, while 70 were in the age range of 22 to 59.

The state's non-hospital public-health expenses per resident dropped 32 percent, more than any state but South Carolina and Nevada, which dropped 55 and 33 percent, respectively.

Young people are the least likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19, but they can spread it for days without having any symptoms.

The county has recorded 25 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Monday.