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The latest on COVID-19 in Kentucky After more than 18,000 deaths from COVID-19 in Kentucky, the official coronavirus public health emergency ended May 11 — though the virus has not gone away.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky on March 6, 2020, when Governor Andy Beshear's office announced the first confirmed case in Cynthiana, Kentucky, and declared a state of emergency to ensure all entities had the necessary response resources.
His first term in office was marked by widespread challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the December 2021 tornadoes in Western Kentucky and the July 2022 flooding in Eastern Kentucky.
Full map including municipalities. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.
As of July 4, the Bluegrass State was reporting 16,182 Kentuckians have died of COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic. See more on the latest data from the state and federal government.
Members of the Kentucky National Guard called up by Beshear provide medical supplies to assist in the COVID-19 pandemic response, March 2020. On March 25, 2020, Beshear declared a state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic. [92] He encouraged business owners to require customers to wear face coverings while indoors.
- A law passed in Kentucky in 2021 would require Kentucky to conduct a recount in the governor’s race if the winner has a lead of less than 0.5%, as a recent poll suggested may occur. The law ...
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