As positivity rate continues to decline, Ky. reports 49 more deaths from COVID-19 Karla Ward, Lexington Herald-Leader
Jan. 23 Kentucky reported 3,795 new cases of COVID-19 and 49 deaths Saturday, making it one of the deadliest days for the virus in the state so far.
The new deaths reported Saturday brought the state s total lives lost to 3,386. Thursday had the highest number of deaths so far during the pandemic, 58.
The positivity rate continued to decline, standing at 10.56 percent Saturday.
As of Saturday, there were 1,604 people hospitalized with the virus, including 403 in ICU. There were 209 people on a ventilator, according to data supplied by the state.
No doses wasted : LFCHD addresses rumors about COVID-19 vaccine supply
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Officials from the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department and Mayor Linda Gortonâs office worked quickly to extinguish the thought that any COVID-19 vaccine doses might be going to waste in Lexington.
âWeâve seen national reports of people wasting vaccine, or destroying vaccine,â said Kevin Hall with the health department. âBut that is not the case here,â he stressed before sharing that the department has received 2,500 doses, and administered that same number.
Gorton said the same about wasted vials, as did a spokesperson from UK Health Care. Last week, in response to an email inquiry, the spokesperson noted that not a single dose had been discarded.
Jan. 8 Gov. Andy Beshear presented his plan for Kentucky's roughly $12 billion state budget to the General Assembly in a virtual address Thursday night. "With this budget, we have an unprecedented opportunity to provide real relief and jump ahead of other states," Beshear told the assembled lawmakers in a televised message that he had previously recorded in the Governor's Mansion to promote .