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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s Health Department is restructuring its infectious disease division following the discovery of as many as 4,000 unreported COVID-19 deaths and will investigate how the error happened,

In his daily COVID-19 update Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced additional COVID-19 vaccination sites including ones in Henderson and Union counties.

Laurel County Health Department reported a death related to COVID-19 on Friday, as the Tri-County has some of the highest incidence rates in the state as of Monday.

Late last month, Gov. Andy Beshear held a memorial for the Kentuckians who died of COVID-19. “Every flag you see out here today represents a real Kentuckian,” Beshear said. “Every single one. Every loss is heartbreaking.” But missing were flags for at least 768 more Kentuckians that local health departments had already reported died of COVID-19. By that day, local health departments reported nearly 4,100 Kentuckians had lost their lives to the virus. A WFPL News analysis of local and re...

Very troubling: Black Kentuckians lag far behind white residents for COVID-19 shots Sarah Ladd, Louisville Courier Journal © Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal Pastor Edward L. Farmer receives his COVID-19 vaccination in the rotunda of the Kentucky State Capitol on Thursday, February 4, 2021. Governor Beshear sought to gather faith leaders around the state to get vaccinations so that they will encourage their congregations to do the same when offered. He got his vaccine from M...

South Africa has paused its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine after a study showed that it offered "minimal protection" against mild or moderate illness caused by the more contagious virus variant first identified there, known as B.1.351.

Vaccine distribution is ramping up across the country and COVID infection rates are already dropping significantly. 

South Africa has paused its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine after a study showed that it offered "minimal protection" against mild or moderate illness caused by the more contagious virus variant first identified there, known as B.1.351.

Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are decreasing across much of the United States, but health experts warned that could change if fans gathered Sunday to watch the Super Bowl with people from outside their households.

While COVID-19 numbers are trending in the right direction across much of the US, officials nationwide warned against Super Bowl gatherings to avoid another surge of infections.