Coronavirus in Kentucky: Beshear says 6-year-old in Boone County tests positive

Cincinnati Enquirer

Update, 5:31 p.m.: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday that a 10-year-old with COVID-19 is currently on a ventilator and that a 6-year-old from Boone County tested positive on Sunday for the novel coronavirus.

The governor reported 141 new cases were confirmed on Sunday and 105 more cases, including probable cases, on Monday.

Sunday Northern Kentucky cases confirmed: 13 in Boone County, 12 in Kenton County and two in Campbell. Within those cases, one was a 20-year-old female from Kenton and a 6-year-old female in Boone.

Beshear said there were 105 new cases reported on Monday bringing the statewide total to 6,677.

The governor said there are nine new cases as of Monday in Boone County, six in Kenton County, one in Campbell County and one in Grant County. There were seven new deaths on Monday. None of those were from Northern Kentucky, but there is a lag in reporting between local health departments and the state totals.

The governor said Monday 2,335 Kentuckians have recovered from the virus. He said there are now more than 50 testing locations in the commonwealth.

Update, 5:15 p.m.: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said during Monday's daily afternoon update that a 10-year-old is currently on a ventilator.

"It's important to know that this virus has reached one of our young ones," Beshear said.

Dr. Steven J. Stack, the commissioner of the Kentucky Cabinet of Health, said there is a syndrome that causes young people infected to develop overactive immune systems.

"My heart goes out to the young man and his family so that he can have a full recovery," Stack said.

Previous reporting: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is providing an update on the commonwealth's efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and reopen the economy.

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