Inside First Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Ky., before the pandemic. | First Presbyterian Church
Leaders at First Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, voted Monday to keep indoor worship services suspended until 70% of the city is vaccinated as a more highly transmissible coronavirus variant spreads rapidly around the U.S.
Linda Kurtz, the church’s associate pastor of Christian formation, made the announcement Monday night in a statement on Twitter.
“Tonight, my church leaders decided to not resume in-person worship until 70% of our city has been vaccinated. Also tonight, my spouses’s church leaders are bullying him into resuming in-person worship ASAP. Our incidence rates remain sky-high. I’m worried for our safety,” Kurtz said.
Lexington surpasses 200 coronavirus deaths
and last updated 2021-02-04 20:17:15-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Lexington has surpassed 200 total COVID-19 deaths during the pandemic, the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department said.
âWhile the number of deaths couldâve been much higher, 200 is still too high for Lexington,â said Kevin Hall from the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department.
Nine new deaths were reported Wednesday, with most coming from previous months after being reviewed by the Department for Public Health and determined to be related to COVID-19.
The newly reported deaths include three from December, five from January and one from February.
Hall acknowledged that many of those whoâve died are in the high-risk categories, such as old age. But ultimately COVID-19 was the cause of death, and oneâs age doesnât make it acceptable.
Fayette County Public Schools anticipates return to in-person learning beginning February 16
and last updated 2021-02-02 23:28:30-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Fayette County Public Schools says it anticipates conditions will allow the district to begin a graduated return to in-person learning beginning the week of February 16-19.
The district said in a letter that efforts to decrease infection rates appear to be working and the number of cases is trending downward, allowing them to allow a return to in-person learning in some capacity.
Read the full letter below:
Dear Fayette County Public Schools Families:
Efforts to curtail infection rates appear to be working, and we are excited to share that the 7-day average of COVID-19 cases is 168 today, trending down from a high of 264 in January. Although Fayette County remains in the purple range of the FCPS In-Person Learning Matrix, we are optimistic â as are our partners with the Lexington-Fayette County Health Depart
City of Lexington moving into Phase 1B for COVID-19 vaccine, includes some residents 70 and older
LEX 18
and last updated 2021-01-29 10:40:25-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â The City of Lexington is moving into Phase 1B to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine.
The city s clinics are currently limited to Phase 1A healthcare workers who live in or work in Lexington, and Phase 1B Lexington residents who are:
Age 70 and older, AND have issues with mobility/transportation/technology preventing them from getting vaccinated at other locations
If you are part of those categories, you can receive notifications about future clinics by providing information
here. This does not register you, but it is a way to be notified about future vaccination clinics as they become available. If you have questions, please call the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department at (859) 899-2222 or email covid19vaccine@lfchd.org.
Lexington COVID-19 case numbers decrease in January, 341 new COVID-19 cases reported this weekend
and last updated 2021-01-25 21:34:17-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â While there are still many COVID-19 cases in Lexington, the health department says they have seen a decrease in cases throughout January.
The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department says over the weekend, there were 180 new cases on Saturday and 161 new cases on Sunday, bringing the weekend total to 341, which is down from 391 cases last weekend. We started January with that average in the mid to low 200 s, and now today it is down to 188, which is below 200, so that looks like it may be getting better, Christina King said.