More than 300,000 Kentuckians have been tested for COVID-19. Health officials across the Commonwealth have emphasized continued testing for the disease as a key plank in the effort to contain the virus.
During his nightly briefing Wednesday, Governor Beshear urged citizens to register at one of 180 testing sites across the state. “If you haven’t ever had one, get one. If you haven’t had one in about a month, get one. If you started doing more things out there, get one. If you’re somebody’s that’s going back to work here soon, get one,” said Beshear.
In addition to offering peace of mind, Beshear said more testing helps the state collect additional coronavirus data. The governor announced 191 new cases and seven deaths. Beshear maintains the number of cases being recorded recently doesn’t rise to the level of considering any change in re-opening the state.
Governor Beshear continues to maintain he doesn’t want to be the fastest, but the safest when it comes to re-opening the Commonwealth economically, recreationally, and socially. The governor said comparisons with other states don’t always tell the whole story. “Now there does get hype around re-opening where sometimes you’ll get just a bit of info saying, ‘hey, they’re re-opening this.’ And then you look at it and they’re doing it at a lower capacity than we do. Kentucky Kingdom here is going to open before Kings Island,” noted Beshear.
Beshear said the Kentucky State Fair is scheduled to be on in August, when state fairs in other states are not. The schedule for opening up activities includes allowing churches, synagogues, mosques, and other houses of worship to meet with 50% of their pre-pandemic capacities.?
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