COVID-19

Coronavirus can spread rapidly through a long-term care facility and is especially deadly because of residents’ health conditions and age.

As of Sunday, the county's positivity rate in August was 10.53%, more than twice the state rate based on weekly data the governor's office provides.

Other public-health experts have expressed alarm at the change, Market Watch reports, largely because it is estimated that up to 40 percent of people who have the coronavirus don't have symptoms, but can still spread it. 

As of Tuesday, the county's case total was 839, including 227 active cases.

Beshear also issued a new executive order on evictions that dedicates $15 million of federal coronavirus relief funds to create a Healthy at Home Eviction Relief Fund.

The number of active cases dropped to 220, the lowest it has been in nearly two weeks.

President Bob Jackson said he had not met one student or faculty member at the beginning of the semester who wasn't excited to be back on campus.

The deadline to request a mail-in ballot is Oct. 9. Any voter who has a health concern related to COVID-19 is allowed to make a request.

The new seven-day rolling average of 636 is the eighth highest of the pandemic.

The number of local cases classified by the health department as active reached a new high of 265.

The new cases pushed the county's total to 809 with 256 active cases.

Churchill Downs had planned to run the Derby with 40% crowd capacity, but track officials decided they couldn't responsibly bring fans onto the property. The race will go on Sept. 5 without spectators.