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For now, Kentucky limits bars and restaurants to 50% capacity and allows gatherings of up to 50 people. But the governor said Sunday that he would have to take action in response to a surge of daily new cases, particularly the new record set Sunday.

An analysis by Hoptown Chronicle shows that by mid-to-late May, visits to many public places appeared to return to pre-coronavirus levels. It was followed by a spike in local cases.

Sunday's 979 new cases pushed the state's seven-day rolling average to 547 cases, up from 447 yesterday; it has more than doubled in the last two weeks. Beshear said 30 of Sunday's new cases were in children under age 5.

“We’ve got to be careful. We’ve got to make sure that we are wearing our facial coverings, because today’s cases are a reflection of 14 days ago, before we mandated those. This is what it’s going to take if we want to save our economy and save lives and get our kids back in school; it’s really that simple.” — Gov. Andy Beshear

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.

The health department has confirmed 84 new cases this week, the most of any week since the pandemic started.

Christian County Public Schools are set to return to in-person instruction when the 2020-21 school year begins in just over a month

Paducah Beer Werks owner Todd Blume said many of his customers are praising the restaurant for taking serious precautions.

“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.

The health department's drive-thru site provides free COVID-19 testing from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday at Tie Breaker Park.