In a taped video message, Governor Beshear reported 973 new Covid-19 cases in Kentucky Saturday. Of that total, 132 cases were found in children 18 and under. The yougest reported case was a two month old infant. Five new deaths were also reported bringing the state's death toll from the virus to 1,154. The state's positivity rate is 4.42%.
The reported new cases over the past six days, Beshear said put Kentucky on pace to have the highest number of reported coronavirus cases in a given week. "We simply have to do better," said Beshear.
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