The
continuing acceleration of new coronavirus cases across Kentucky on Wednesday may
lead to additional requirements from the public as early as today. The numbers escalating rapidly here in
Russell County as well.
Gov. Andy
Beshear announced yesterday the state had 402 new cases of COVID-19, ratcheting
the statewide total number of cases to almost 18,000.
Another six
people died yesterday from the novel coronavirus, their ages ranging from 67 to
77. The state’s death toll is now at 608.
Beshear
repeated on Wednesday that the state’s “rising case numbers are cause for
concern,” adding that, in his televised news conference on Thursday, “we’re
going to announce some new requirements that are going to be mandatory.”
Governors in
close to 20 states have in recent weeks moved from recommending to now
requiring that masks be worn in public, including in Ohio, Texas, North
Carolina and New York.
In Russell
County yesterday, four new cases were confirmed, with three released from home
self-isolation. Russell County now has
21 active cases with 20 on home self-isolation and one is hospitalized in
Danville.