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HUNTINGTON — Two Cabell County residents were among the recent deaths related to COVID-19.

While Kentucky-run health facilities and other state buildings now have universal mask requirements, Beshear has not yet decided to take the next step and make it mandatory in other public settings. He’s also not contemplating a vaccine-or-required-test mandate for state employees, a step other states and the U.S. government have implemented recently. Still, Beshear has called on some organizations, including school districts, to implement mask mandates as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have now recommended. Beshear was flabbergasted after he learned Carter County Sc...

By BRUCE SCHREINER and PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN Associated Press Aug 3, 2021 4 hrs ago FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s vaccination rate against COVID-19 has taken a sudden upward turn as people seek to protect themselves from the highly contagious delta variant that has caused the most coronavirus cases in months, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday. The delta variant is “spreading like wildfire” and puts the unvaccinated at significant risk, the governor warned, adding: “Please, go get vaccinated.” In the past three days, more than 22,000 Kentuckians have...

The state, with 1,964 overdose deaths, follows a national trend. The U.S. saw more than 93,000 overdose deaths in 2020, the highest number ever recorded in a 12-month period. According to resident cases autopsied by the Kentucky Office of the Medical Examiner and toxicology reports submitted by Kentucky coroners, the increase in the death toll was driven mostly by a rise in opioid abuse, fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, which were found in 1,393 cases, accounting for approximately 71% of all overdose deaths for the year. “In addition to the stress caused by the pandemic, we believe the incr...

By CARLA SLAVEY Commonwealth Journal Aug 2, 2021 13 hrs ago The delta variant of COVID-19 is getting more and more attention from health officials, both on a local and a state level. On Monday, the Lake Cumberland District Health Department announced it would be conducting a community update via YouTube at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The live update will be shown on the district’s YouTube channel, LCDHD Public Health. Meanwhile, state officials announced Monday changes for employees of all state-run medical facilities, including veterans nursing homes and mental health facilities. Eric...