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Governor Andy Beshear provided an update on COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, with a higher than average number of new cases due in part to lab reporting system issues. The governor announced 614 new COVID-19 cases, 119 of which were children 18 and younger. That brings the state’s total case number to 461,119. 273 Kentuckians remain hospitalized with 80 in the ICU. 40 patients remain on a ventilator. The state’s positivity rate is 2.12%. Gov. Beshear also announced six deaths, bringing the state’s death toll to 7,109. At least 2,091,572 Kentuckians have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. As of Tuesday, only one of the state’s 120 counties is in the red zone on the state’s COVID-19 incidence rate map. Meanwhile, the director of the CDC is urging parents to get their kids vaccinated after a spike in hospitalizations among young people. Parents have been signing up for the COVID vaccin
Pediatric walk-in visits welcome in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH King’s Daughters pediatrician Leah Chicunque, M.D., is now accepting walk-in visits in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Dr. Chicunque sees patients from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at King’s Daughters Family Care Center Portsmouth, 2001 Scioto Trail, Suite 300. She will continue seeing patients at King’s Daughters Pediatrics Wheelersburg, 8750 Ohio River Road, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Walk-in visits are perfect for acute issues including ear infections, colds, rashes, sore throats, bug bites, sprains and strains, and bumps and scrapes. New patients are welcome.
Dr. Chicunque, who is fluent in Spanish, cares for patients from birth through young adulthood, overseeing physical, behavioral, and mental health issues. She’s trained to diagnose and treat childhood illnesses, from minor health problems to serious diseases. This also includes administering immunizations and providing education
Maria Mosley, who graduated from SIU School of Medicine Saturday, will train in emergency medicine at New York Public Hospital-Columbia & Cornell-New York