Beshear says COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations are increasing in Kentucky
Fewer than 300 Kentuckians were hospitalized with COVID-19 at the beginning of June. That jumped to 483 this week.
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Fewer than 300 Kentuckians were hospitalized with COVID-19 at the beginning of June. That jumped to 483 this week.
Only a handful of monkeypox cases have been confirmed in Kentucky – all in the Louisville area – but the state’s top health official says there are undoubtedly more that haven’t been identified. About 900 cases are known nationwide. Still, the situation differs dramatically from the COVID outbreak in many key ways.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – State Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack says while hospitalizations, ICU bed and ventilator use all remain at some of the lowest levels since the beginning
While COVID-19 cases have been trending up in Kentucky, hospitalizations have remained more stable than in the past, a fact frequently cited as a hopeful sign. But those numbers are starting to creep up as well.
“The patient remains isolated, and health officials are working to identify anyone the patient may have had close contact with while infectious,” the Department for Public Health said in a