COVID-19 Archives

Thursday’s coronavirus case spike involved workers at construction site for Oak Grove horse track

by Jennifer P. Brown
June 26, 2020

The Christian County Health Department reported the county’s fourth death related to COVID-19 and a surge in coronavirus cases, from 182 to 225 in one day, on Thursday. Some of the cases involved construction workers at the Oak Grove facility.

Health departments getting temporary workers to trace contacts of people who have the coronavirus; start of school will be big test

by Kentucky Health News
June 26, 2020

Contact tracers will allow health department employees who have been reassigned to COVID-19 work to get back to their normal work in public health. But most of the new workers haven’t been hired yet, because officials expect a surge of cases when school begins.

State health chief tells Kentuckians who’ve been to Myrtle Beach to self-quarantine; some long-term-care visitation to resume Monday

by Test and Eric Umansky
June 26, 2020

Gov. Andy Beshear announced 280 new cases, bringing the state's total to 14,617. That pushed the seven-day rolling average to 211, from 204 the day before.

4th coronavirus death reported in Christian County; case total surges from 182 to 225 and increase linked to unidentified workplace

by Jennifer P. Brown
June 25, 2020

The county had 74 active cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, which was roughly a third of the total cases.

Kentucky’s Healthy at School guidance requires social distancing, mask and daily temperature checks, along with great flexibility in scheduling

by Melissa Patrick
June 25, 2020

The guidance also includes general instructions for sanitation, and says schools will need to work with health departments to help track down people who have had contact with people who have tested positive for the virus.

County reports 3 new COVID-19 cases with 42 active cases

by Jennifer P. Brown
June 25, 2020

The county's total includes 137 patients who have recovered from the coronavirus since the start of the outbreak in mid-March.

State’s 7-day coronavirus case average rises above 200 again, but hospitalizations are down

by Melissa Patrick
June 25, 2020

As everything in Kentucky opens at some capacity on Monday, Beshear also urged Kentuckians to keep 6 feet of social distance and decrease their daily activities by half — things he said they will need to do until a vaccine is readily available.

Christian County residents urged to practice coronavirus safety measures as economy reopening continues

by Jennifer P. Brown
June 24, 2020

The county’s coronavirus total, as of Tuesday, was 179, including 39 active cases, 137 recovered and three deaths.

Election official says Christian County’s in-person primary voting was successful; absentee tabulations continue to determine outcome

by Jennifer P. Brown
June 24, 2020

Local election officials will continue scanning and tabulating absentee ballots. Results will be reported to the Kentucky Board of Elections by June 30.

Kentuckians cast ballots in unusual primary election

by Ryland Barton
June 23, 2020

Final results of the election will be released in coming days as officials count mail-in ballots, which all Kentucky voters had the opportunity to cast this year in an effort to reduce exposure to the coronavirus.

Kentucky’s daily coronavirus cases spike, but estimated transmission rate based on earlier data is stable

by Al Cross
June 23, 2020

eshear recently said that his decisions about the virus would be guided more by hospital data than new cases. The state's daily report said 376 Kentuckians were hospitalized for COVID-19 and 70 of them are in intensive care. Those figures have been increasing since the 339 and 64 reported Friday.

Some don’t take COVID-19 seriously, and want to argue about wearing a mask

by Mark Neikirk
June 23, 2020

"... what kind of a human being says, when told point-blank that the person with whom he's in conversation knows people who have died or become gravely ill, responds that such people must have had underlying conditions? What's his point? That they deserved to die?"