During Wednesday afternoon’s update from Frankfort Governor Andy Beshear announced that since the pandemic began, more than 1,000 Kentuckians have died from COVID-19.
The governor announced 667 new cases of the virus, bringing the state total to 53,977.
Gov. Beshear announced 16 new deaths Wednesday afternoon, bringing that total to 1,013.
The positivity rate is again under four percent, at 3.84% as of Wednesday afternoon.
You can watch a recording of Wednesday’s update below.