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Covid Battle Pivots to New Tactics to Get Shots to All Americans Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Angelica LaVito and Drew Armstrong (Bloomberg) -- Having made its way through those who lined up eagerly to get vaccinated for Covid-19, the campaign to inoculate every American is now slowing down with surplus supply and open appointments appearing in pockets nationwide. While 3 million shots a day are being administered, that’s down from a peak of 3.4 million. And only 75% of about 28 mill...

Kentuckians responded to that with the fewest number of new vaccinations since the first week of December. Last week, just over 24,000 new people were vaccinated, down from 84,000 the previous week and 125,000 two weeks ago. Beshear said Kentucky appears to be in a plateau in case numbers, but variants have the potential to cause another spike. Three cases of a COVID-19 variant have been reported in Marshall County. Two cases have been reported in Christian County and one case each in Caldwell,...

An outbreak of COVID-19 at a Kentucky nursing home where most residents were vaccinated is cited in a new federal study as an example of why it is "imperative" that more staff get vaccinated as new variants of the virus emerge. The study, released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found 18 residents and four workers at the nursing home who had been vaccinated tested positive for COVID-19 after an unvaccinated worker brought a variant, or new strain of the vi...

Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Apr 22, 2021 3:47 PM Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear reported 628 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, while urging people to encourage those they know to get vaccinated against the virus. Nearly 1.7 million people have gotten at least the first dose of the vaccine, which the governor says he believes is a little low due to errors in the reporting system—that leaves about 800,000 Kentuckians left to go to reach the goal of 2.5 million vaccinated per...

Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Apr 19, 2021 3:46 PM Governor Andy Beshear reported 231 new confirmed coronavirus cases in Kentucky Monday and he warns there could be a fourth wave that other states are seeing if a greater percentage of younger Kentuckians do not get vaccinated. There were more new cases last week than the prior week, but less than two weeks ago. Governor Beshear says the positivity rate is 3.46 percent and a fourth wave will come to Kentucky if the pace of Ke...

By TOM LATEK Kentucky Today Apr 20, 2021 Apr 20, 2021 FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) –  Kentucky has now seen a four-day decline in the number of new cases of COVID-19, the positivity rate eased incrementally, while the number of deaths rose by one. During a Monday afternoon Capitol press conference, Gov. Andy Beshear said the number of new cases of the coronavirus reported to state officials was 231, continuing the drop that has occurred since reaching a peak of 834 on Thursday.  T...

(The Center Square) – Kentucky officials announced Monday some COVID-19 restrictions have been eased, but certain guidelines, such as social distancing and facial coverings, will remain in effect. The state still expects businesses to keep people at workspaces or other venues at least six feet away from others not in their family or household. However, events or venues that have 1,000 or fewer attendees in a single space are now allowed to welcome up to 60% of the stated capacity if they c...

Capacity limits increased at Kentucky stadiums and arenas More than 400k vaccine doses are currently available, with 150k more due in Kentucky on Tuesday. LIVE: Gov. Beshear updates vaccinations, COVID-19 response in Kentucky By Brian Planalp | April 19, 2021 at 3:37 PM EDT - Updated April 19 at 5:50 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX19) - New guidance from the Kentucky Department of Public Health on Monday increases capacity limits at stadiums and arenas in Kentucky to 50 percent. Only facilities wit...

By TOM LATEK Kentucky Today Apr 13, 2021 Apr 13, 2021 FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Gov. Andy Beshear warned that Kentucky may be in another plateau when it comes to COVID-19 cases after weeks of declines, and that the dominant variant of the coronavirus is targeting the younger population.   During a Monday press briefing from the Capitol, the governor said while Kentucky has leveled off in new cases, at least four other states are seeing increases, due to what has become known as ...

By TOM LATEK Kentucky Today Apr 14, 2021 Apr 14, 2021 FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – The number of new COVID-19 cases in Kentucky nearly tripled on Tuesday, while the number of deaths dropped. A total of 799 new cases of the coronavirus were reported to state public health officials, compared to 270 on Monday.  That raises the number of positive cases during the pandemic to 434,148. Ten counties reported 16 or more cases:  Jefferson had 135, Fayette 45, Warren 37, Kenton 30, Chri...