Governor Andy Beshear announced at his daily Coronavirus update that 322 Kentuckians were reported with new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 3,778. There were 3 in Fayette and Madison counties, 1 in Bourbon, and 1 new case in Frankfort.
There have been 44,962 total tests in the state: Of those 1, 143 have ever been in the Hospital for Coronavirus, there are 303 in the Hospital now. There have been 575 Kentuckians ever in the ICU for Coronavirus and there are 164 in now. 1,341 have recovered.
There were 9 new deaths in the state announced today, bringing the total to 200 deaths that are Coronavirus related.
The Governor has commuted the sentences of 352 inmates in the state and they will be released. They are Non-Violent and Non-Sexual charges and there were less than 5 years of the sentence remaining.
Testing this week was the biggest week ever with the 4 sites that were open in Madisonville, Paducah, Somerset, and Pikeville have closed. There will be 11 testing sites open next week, all over the state for testing.
Kroger’s partnership with the State will have 2 test sites open in Louisville and in Lexington Monday – Friday. The Lexington location is at BCTC campus, 500 Newtown Pike.
The Walgreens location opened today 2296 Executive Drive, off of Winchester Road. Go to Walgreens.com/Coronavirus to register and qualifications.
There is a Walmart testing site opening in Lousiville opening Wednesday. To register, go to DoINeedACovid19test.com to register and qualifications.
The Governor signed an Executive Order for the June 23rd Primary Voting to be mostly Mail-In on Absentee ballots. There will be some limited Curbside and Drive-through Voting.
The American Sign Language phrase we learned today was “I Love You, Friend.”
