Jan. 21 Gov. Andy Beshear announced 3,728 new cases of COVID-19 across Kentucky on Thursday, as well as a record-breaking 58 coronavirus-related deaths. Those deaths included a 31-year-old woman in Jefferson County, a 45-year-old woman in Daviess County and a 93-year-old man from McCracken County. The death toll has reached 3,301, and the state has reported a total of 338,034 cases. "It is .
Lexington reports 384 new weekend COVID-19 cases, 1 new death
By: Web Staff
and last updated 2021-01-11 09:26:42-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Lexington reported 384 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, 181 on Saturday and 203 on Sunday, and one new death, according to the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department.
The city has had 25,625 total cases and 167 deaths since the outbreak began in March.
There have been 2,231 cases reported so far in January.
The health department encourages residents to adhere to the following guidelines to help slow the spread of coronavirus:
Wear a cloth face-covering in public
Avoid close contact with others
Wash your hands often
Lexington may take longer to finish 1st phase of COVID-19 vaccinations. Here s why Jeremy Chisenhall, Lexington Herald-Leader
Jan. 7 State leaders have recently criticized slow vaccine rollout in Kentucky, but Fayette County officials maintain that they re getting the shots into people s arms as quickly as possible.
Even so, Lexington may fall behind other counties across the state in trying to get through the initial stage because Fayette County has over 20,000 health care workers, according to the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department. That s over 6 percent of the local population. We re still very early in Phase 1A in Lexington because of the vast number of people who qualify as 1A, health department spokesman Kevin Hall said. The number of health care workers in Lexington is larger than the population of several Kentucky counties.