Notes from Wednesday’s 8.19 Ky. COVID-19 Daily Summary
Total New Cases today: 655
Total Cases: 40,926 including 3,078 Probable cases.
Positivity Rate: 5.41% (7-day Rollover Average)
Total Tests: 785,138
Kentuckians Hospitalized with COVID-19: 4,301 (10.51%)
Now in Hospital: 640
Kentuckians in ICU with COVID-19: 1,332 (3.25%)
Now in ICU: 155
Kentuckians on a Ventilator: 90
Kentuckians who have Recovered: 9,331 (22.80%)
New Deaths announced today: 12
Total Deaths due to COVID-19: 842
FEMA Lost Wages Assistance Program:
Application is to be filed by the Ky. Labor Cabinet on August 20, 2020.
Once filed, FEMA should approve within 48 – 72 hours.
Labor Department will reconfigure computer systems to pay the extra $400. It should take approxametely 2 weeks.
First filers will be unemployed between July 26 and August 15th.
