Ky. reports 776 new COVID-19 cases On Tuesday, May 4, Gov. Andy Beshear announced 1,835,176 people have received at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Kentucky. (Source: Storyblocks) By Jessica Ladd | May 4, 2021 at 3:55 PM CDT - Updated May 4 at 3:55 PM
KENTUKCY (KFVS) - On Tuesday, May 4, Gov. Andy Beshear announced 1,835,176 people have received at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Kentucky.
“We’re getting closer to reaching our 2.5 million–vaccine
Team Kentucky Vaccination Challenge every day, but we need to pick up the pace, especially among younger Kentuckians,” said Gov. Beshear. “There are vaccination appointments available every week, at many different times throughout the day. At some sites, you don’t even need an appointment. Get it done, for yourself and for your community, so we can reach our goal and relax more restrictions.”
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Four major indicators of COVID-19 activity: new cases, deaths reported from local health departments, the state’s positivity rate, and hospitalizations, all rose on Tuesday, according to
776 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Kentucky on Tuesday
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) â On Tuesday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that 776 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Kentucky. After the removal of duplicates, the 776 new cases brings Kentucky s COVID-19 case total to 446,221.
Tuesday s positivity rate was 3.47%.
Gov. Beshear also announced seven new coronavirus-related deaths, bringing Kentucky s coronavirus-related death total to 6,532.
As of Tuesday, at least 1,835,176 Kentuckians have received at least one dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Weâre getting closer to reaching our 2.5 millionâvaccine Team Kentucky Vaccination Challenge every day, but we need to pick up the pace, especially among younger Kentuckians,â said Gov. Beshear in a press release. âThere are vaccination appointments available
Team Kentucky Vaccination Challenge.
As of Tuesday, Beshear reported that 1,835,176 have received at least their first dose of the vaccine in Kentucky.
“We’re getting closer to reaching our 2.5 million–vaccine Team Kentucky Vaccination Challenge every day, but we need to pick up the pace, especially among younger Kentuckians,” said Beshear. “There are vaccination appointments available every week, at many different times throughout the day. At some sites, you don’t even need an appointment. Get it done, for yourself and for your community, so we can reach our goal and relax more restrictions.”
Whitley County
The Whitley County Health Department announced eight additional COVID–19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 3,770.
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Gov. Andy Beshear this week announced 1,835,176 people have received at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Kentucky. He said we are closer to reaching our 2.5 million–vaccine
Team Kentucky Vaccination Challenge every day, but we need to pick up the pace, especially among younger Kentuckians. The governor also announced 776 new cases and seven new deaths in Kentucky. No new audit deaths were announced. The positivity rate is 3.47%. At least 446,221 Kentuckians have contracted the virus. The death toll is now at 6,532. As of Tuesday, eight out of 120 counties are in the red zone on the state’s COVID-19 incidence rate map. If you have any questions about the coronavirus in Kentucky, call the state’s COVID-19 hotline at 1-800-722-5725. You can also find more information, including how to protect your family, by visiting Kentucky’s official COVID-19 website: https://govstatus.egov.com/