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The White House Coronavirus Task Force report for Aug. 8-14 puts 43 counties (including Christian County) in the "yellow zone," meaning they had between 0.1 and 1 cases per 1,000 and a positive test rate between 5 and 10% in the reporting week.

While the seven-day average of new cases decreased on Tuesday for the first time in 10 days, Christian County's cases have grown at twice the statewide rate over the last two weeks.

McConnell said he would consider calling the Senate back to Washington early from summer recess if progress was made on a way forward.

Beshear announced 376 new cases of the virus, including 54 under the age of 18. The share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus in the last seven days is 5.8%.

In the last month, Christian County has reported more than half of all coronavirus cases since the pandemic began and seven of 11 deaths attributed to the virus.

The downtown landmark had been closed because of the pandemic, but owner Phillip Ferrell decided to open up for carry-out business six days a week.

Kentucky had three COVID-19 related deaths Sunday.

Rep. Lynn Bechler, R-Marion, asked if it is safe to say that 99 percent of the population won't die from COVID-19. Health Commissioner Steven Stack said that's true, but it's important to recognize exactly how many deaths 1% would represent, noting that is 10 times greater than the fatality rate for the flu.

On Sunday, Christian County's seven-day average grew to 17, an all-time high since the pandemic began in mid-March.

The seven-day average of daily new cases has risen for the last three days.

Never before has Christian County reported as many new coronavirus cases in a seven-day period as over the last week.