Governor Andy Beshear today announced 2,194 new cases of coronavirus in Kentucky. Beshear also announced 4 new deaths. The positivity rate is at 9.19%.
Beshear said this week surpassed the highest Coronavirus total on any week by more than 3,700 cases.
“This upcoming holiday week is a special time for all of our families, and I know everyone wants to have a normal Thanksgiving after such a difficult year,” said Beshear. “I wish more than anything that we could go back to normal safely, but we can’t. In order to protect our only line of health care workers and all of our fellow Kentuckians, keep gatherings small (eight people or fewer and two households at most), wear a mask, wash your hands and stay six feet apart.
“If we have a major surge of COVID-19 cases after Thanksgiving, our hospitals will simply not have the capacity to give everyone the care they need. Nothing is worth that risk.”
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