Kentucky reports 258 new cases of COVID-19 as reopening continues
Gov. Andy Beshear announced 258 new cases of COVID-19 in Kentucky on Friday, putting the state’s total number of cases at 13,454. Two more people with the virus have died, bringing the death toll to at least 522.
Though the state announced 22,000 fewer tests this week than last week, between Sunday and Friday, 5.53 percent of the people who were tested for the virus were positive. The overall infection rate is just under 4 percent.
“We must continue to strike the balance between supporting our local economies and still cutting our contacts significantly,” the governor said Friday in a news release. “I know Kentuckians have what it takes to reopen as safely as possible.”
Friday’s deaths included a 68-year-old man from Harlan County and a 95-year-old man from Franklin County.
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