Regional & State

The White House is privately projecting a steady rise in coronavirus cases and COVID-19 deaths over the next several weeks, according to internal documents obtained by New York Times.

The 213 deaths reported in the first seven weeks of Kentucky’s pandemic only include people who were tested and confirmed to have coronavirus.

Testing is important, the governor stressed, because many people who are asymptomatic do have the virus and can spread it to others.

He called in-person protests "reckless" and said lawmakers who participate should find more responsible way to register their complaints with him.

In some other states, governors give considerable attention to two statistical models used to track the spread of the virus, but Beshear and Health Commissioner Steven Stack are keeping to themselves whatever models they are using.