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KY reports deadliest day since start of COVID-19 pandemic
Hopkins Co. records another COVID-19 death; Green River District reports 119 new cases
KY reports deadliest day since start of COVID-19 pandemic By 14 News Staff | December 17, 2020 at 11:04 AM CST - Updated December 17 at 10:47 PM
KENTUCKY (WFIE) - During the stateâs coronavirus update, Gov. Andy Beshear announced 3,349 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 54 additional deaths on Thursday afternoon.
Thursdayâs COVID-19 report contains the highest single-day death total since the beginning of the pandemic.
âOur death report today is by far the most people that weâve lost, and remember, thatâs a reflection of where this virus was about three weeks ago, where it was trending,â Gov. Beshear said. âI hope we donât have another day like this, ever. These are 54 families that need our help and compassion and green lights. They also need us to do better.â
History was made early Wednesday afternoon as 10 Baptist Health Madisonville employees were administered the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Employees in the Joseph Miller Auditorium at the hospital erupted into applause as Duana Camplin, a respiratory therapist with Baptist, was the first to receive the vaccine.
âToday, we are humbled, honored and we are excited to be one of 11 hospitals in the state of Kentucky â the first in western Kentucky â to receive the vaccination to fight COVID-19,â said Dr. Wayne Lipson, chief medical officer of Baptist Health Madisonville. âWe are here to start with our frontline workers, doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists that have been fighting this fight since late February and early March.â
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3 new local COVID-19 deaths reported in KY; Green River District up 190 cases Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is set to give his Friday coronavirus (COVID-19) update at 4 p.m. (CST) (Source: WFIE) By 14 News Staff | December 16, 2020 at 10:26 AM CST - Updated December 16 at 4:32 PM
KENTUCKY (WFIE) - Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear reports 2,898 new COVID-19 cases and 23 new deaths.
The total number of deaths in the Commonwealth is 2,262.
The Green River District Health Department reported two more COVID-19 related deaths and 190 additional cases Wednesday.
Of those new cases, 128 are in Daviess County, 24 are in Henderson County, 13 are in Webster County, 10 are in Ohio County, eight are in Union County, five are in McLean County, and there two new cases in Hancock County.