Friday afternoon Governor Andy Beshear announced 544 new cases of coronavirus in Kentucky, bringing the state total to 455,150.
Governor Beshear also announced five new deaths, bringing that total to 6,698.
The positivity rate is at 2.62% as of Friday afternoon.
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