Governor Beshear says that Kentuckians who are FULLY VACCINATED will no longer be required to wear masks in most indoor and outdoor public places.
The CDC said Thursday that it is Safe for vaccinated people to remove their masks and not practice social distancing in most indoor settings.
Everyone still needs to “mask-up” in crowded groups of others, like when using Public Transportation, in Hospitals and in congregate settings.
On June 11th, Governor Beshear will open up Capacity to 100%.
Anyone 12 or older may get the COVID-19 Vaccine manufactured by Pfizer.
Anyone older than 18 may get the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Kentucky COVID-19 Vaccine Monitoring
As of May 18:
Total State Population: 4,440,204
Total State Population Vaccinated: 1,932,189
% of Total State Population Vaccinated: 44%
Total State Population > 18 Years of Age Vaccinated: 1,860,2963
% of Total State Population > 18 Years of Age Vaccinated: 54%
Total State Population >65 Years of Age Vaccinated: 556,078
% of Total State Population >65 Years of Age Vaccinated: 80%
First Dose Administered by Vaccine:
Pfizer: 939,633 48%
Moderna: 826,722 42%
Janssen(J&J): 122,378 6%
Notes from Tuesday’s 5.18 Ky. COVID-19 Daily Summary
Total New Cases: 645 18 & Under: 133
Total Cases: 453,460 including 341,597 with 111,863 Probable cases.
Positivity Rate: 2.79% (7-day Rollover Average)*
Total Tests: 6,484,371 Total Positive Tests: 549,990 Total PCR Positive: 403,552 Total Serology Positive: 29,781 Total Antigen Positive: 116,657
Kentuckians Ever Hospitalized with COVID-19: 22,457 (4.95%)
Kentuckians now in Hospital with COVID-19: 390
Kentuckians Ever in ICU with COVID-19: 4,578 (1.01%)
Kentuckians now in ICU with COVID-19: 113
Kentuckians on a Ventilator with COVID-19: 53
Long Term Care:
Cases: 46,640 (10.3%)
Deaths: 2,400 (36.0%)
Current Hospitalized Patients:
Occupied | Available | % Occupancy
Inpatient Beds: 8,025 5,130 61.0%
ICU Beds: 1,054 761 58.1%
Ventilators: 427 1,341 24.2%
Kentuckians who have Recovered: 52,284 (11.53%)
New Deaths announced today: 11
New Audit Deaths: 0 Total New: 11
*6 duplicates and records not meeting case criteria removed since the last report.
Total Deaths due to COVID-19: 6,673 Confirmed: 6,022 Probable: 651
QuarantineofVaccinatedPersonsGuidance (from CDC.gov)
Vaccine.KY.Gov to see when you can get vaccinated, or call 855-598-2246 from 8 am to 7 pm Monday-Friday. 855-598-2246 TTY: 855-326-4654 (8 am to 7 pm Monday – Friday)
Travel Advisory
If you are fully Vaccinated, domestic travel is safe, providing that you wear a mask and practice social distancing measures. International travel is not recommended at this time.
The data collected by the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) on case patients comes from a number of sources, including electronic laboratory reports, provider case
disease and COVID-19 investigation reports, local health department investigation results, hospital infection prevention clinical patient data, and KDPH investigation results. Data is often found incomplete and/or incorrect and during KDPH investigation individual patient-level data is added to, corrected, and de-duplicated so that overall case counts and aggregate data values change daily.
