Health

The county's number of confirmed cases climbed from two to 26 in five days.

Students who have volunteered to help with care in Kentucky include 342 medical students, 210 nursing students, 43 pharmacy students and 53 others.

There were 42 newly identified COVID-19 cases and two deaths from the disease.

The two newly identified cases are women, ages 54 and 62.

Gov. Andy Beshear and Health Commissioner Steven Stack said over the weekend that the critical measure in the next two weeks is social distancing to prevent spread of the virus.

Local, state and federal health officials continue to stress the importance of social distancing.

A gathering of hundreds of young people in Louisville Friday night and funerals open to more than immediate families are examples of activities that will result in more deaths, the governor said.

Beshear said approximately 64 Kentuckians are known to have recovered from the virus so far.

The lack of supplies is contributing to the delay in testing for the coronavirus and creating danger for healthcare workers, Gov. Andy Beshear said.

In several Tennessee counties along the Kentucky border, the rate of infection is higher than it is in the neighboring Kentucky counties, Beshear noted.

Roughly four of every five people tested at Jennie Stuart Medical Center or its Express Lab are still waiting for results from LabCorp's testing facility in North Carolina. The local hospital will be working with a new lab beginning March 30.

Five residents of Christian County have tested positive.