There were 505 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported Saturday by Governor Andy Beshear.
The positivity rate increased slightly to 2.99 percent, 370 Kentuckians are hospitalized with the virus, 92 are in the ICU and 48 are on a ventilator.
The governor also announced that 1.5 million Kentuckians have been vaccinated.
Ten new deaths were reported and eight more deaths were found in an audit of the state reporting system.
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Mitch McConnell used a recent visit to a western Kentucky hospital to encourage his fellow republicans to get vaccinated against coronavirus.
McConnell spoke on Thursday while addressing his peers,
“As a Republican man, I wasn’t reluctant to get it when I was eligible and I would encourage everybody to do that,” he said. “The sooner we can get to 75%, to herd immunity, and get our economy up and open, the better.”
“There may be some segments of our population that still have some reservations about this for one reason or another,” he said. “But, what I heard from these health care professionals behind me, is there’s no real good reason not to get the vaccination.”
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Somerset s Congressman Hal Rogers and Pulaski County Judge-Executive Steve Kelley both expressed appreciation for President Joe Biden s disaster declaration for the February ice storms that crippled much of Rogers 5th Congressional District early last month. Our small county governments have been working on overdrive since early February to remove debris and repair roads, water and sewer lines, and other facilities that were damaged during the ice storms, Rogers said on Thursday. This declaration provides emergency federal funding through FEMA to help pay for repairs and reimburse those unexpected costs that have been draining local county budgets.
The declaration comes less than two weeks after Kentucky s congressional delegation urged President Biden to activate federal aid for the Commonwealth, a request issued by Governor Andy Beshear.
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