Gov. Beshear announces Kentucky's second-highest total of new coronavirus cases Monday
Jeff SuessGov. Andy Beshear reported 576 new cases of COVID-19 in Kentucky on Tuesday, the second-highest number in a single day in the state during the entire coronavirus pandemic.
Those cases bring the total number of virus cases in Kentucky to 20,223, according to the Kentucky Department of Public Health.
There were also six new deaths reported, bringing the total number of virus deaths in Kentucky at 635.
The number of people hospitalized currently is at 234, bringing total patients ever hospitalized in the state to about 3,200.
There are 90 people in intensive care units.
Of the new cases reported Tuesday, there were nine children under 5 years old, with the youngest 11 months old.
Beshear also made an impassioned call on Tuesday to the people of Kentucky as well as the country’s leaders, including “every member of the executive, legislative and judicial branch,” that “it’s time to wear a mask.”
Beshear signed an order last week mandating masks to be worn statewide, but there has been some resistance from both citizens and Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
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