Fifty-three Kentuckians were reported to possess lost their endures Thursday from COVID-19. This is the highest one-day total deaths because the pandemic reached the commonwealth.
Gov. Andy Beshear announced the deaths on Saturday, together with data in the previous 2 days.
“The quantity of deaths we're announcing today is really heartbreaking – another wake-up call,” Beshear wrote within an email release. He said the positivity rates are dropping, though, and fell below 8% on Christmas Day.
“That means our sacrifices are earning a positive change,” Beshear said.
Here are Kentucky's coronavirus numbers from Thursday-Saturday.
Saturday, December 26
- New cases: 764
- New deaths: 4
- Positivity rate: 8.04%
- Total deaths: 2,534
- Currently hospitalized: 1,511
- Currently in ICU: 396
- Currently on ventilator: 237
Friday, December 25
- New cases: 1,803
- New deaths: 11
- Positivity rate: 7.95%
- Total deaths: 2,530
- Hospitalized: 1,601
- In ICU: 404
- On ventilator: 203
Thursday, December 24
- New cases: 2,742
- New deaths: 53
- Positivity rate: 8.2%
- Total deaths: 2,519
- Hospitalized: 1,689
- In ICU: 402
- On ventilator: 206
