On Saturday Governor Andy Beshear announced 825 new COVID-19 cases, raising the state's total to 47,577 cases since the pandemic first hit Kentucky. In a video posted on social media, the Governor said “Unfortunately, today, I’m reporting the fourth-highest number of positives for COVID-19 that we’ve reported since our first case on March 6th. Thankfully, our positivity rate is still below five at 4.59%.”
Of the newly reported cases, 145 were from children ages 18 and younger, 15 of those cases were kids five or younger. Two of those were under eight months old. Besehar also reported three new deaths Saturday. That brings the total COVID-19 related deaths to 921.