COVID-19

Health care workers who were among the first in the county to receive the COVID-19 vaccine started getting their second doses this week.

The National Governors Association named Beshear as a co-chair of its Economic Recovery and Revitalization task force, along with South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster.

From Jan. 8 to 14, the percentage of occupied ICU beds at Jennie Stuart was higher than any other time for which data is available.

What does it mean for the public if COVID-19 vaccine makers aren't able to replenish the supply to make sure that second doses are delivered on time?

Beshear said information about specific vaccination sites and sign-up procedures will come at the end of January.

Rural areas can expect January and February to be difficult months for the pandemic.

Among the reasons cited for the return was a decrease in local COVID-19 cases. While the incidence rate is lower than it has been all month, it remains higher than any time students were learning in person.

The first doses have gone to health care workers and, more recently, Christian County school staff, as local health officials gradually open vaccinations to local residents who fall within the next phase of the state's distribution plan.

During the most recent reporting week, Jennie Stuart's COVID-19 occupancy in the ICU and across the entire hospital reached dangerously high levels.

The Hopkinsville clinic is one of 33 regional sites in Kentucky. It will administer the Moderna vaccine.

About a third of rural residents are reluctant get to vaccinated, while about a quarter of metropolitan residents are.

The district cited the recent surge of coronavirus cases, capacity limits at Jennie Stuart Medical Center and 82 virus cases and quarantines of CCPS staff.