Beshear Says New Mandatory Requirements Coming Thursday Amid Coronavirus Spike

Governor Andy Beshear delivering his July 8, 2020 COVID-19 press conference.

Darren Doyle, story:
Today, in his regular COVID-19 press conference, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said ​​new requirements are going to be announced as a result in spike of COVID-19 cases in Kentucky.

The Governor announced 402 new cases in the Commonwealth today, for a total number of known positive cases of 17,919 in KY.

“I hope you had a good Fourth of July weekend, but I hope it was safe, and it’s important that it was safe, because while we have been at a plateau in Kentucky, really for several weeks, over the last four to six days we are seeing larger numbers,” said Beshear.

“The rising case numbers are cause for concern, so tomorrow we’re going to announce some new requirements that are going to be mandatory,” said Governor Beshear. “Given what we are seeing across the country with exploding numbers in certain places, my commitment is to make sure that doesn’t happen here, but I can’t do it alone.”

Six new deaths were also reported today by the Governor, which raised the total number of deaths in Kentucky from coronavirus to 608. 

The deaths reported Wednesday include a 72-year-old man from Casey County; a 67-year-old man from Fulton County; two women, ages 73 and 77, and a 61-year-old man from Jefferson County; and a 74-year-old woman from Perry County.

“That is far too many Kentuckians to lose, and we’ve got to do everything we can to minimize our loss moving forward,” said Beshear.

He also said there have been at least 451,451 coronavirus tests performed in Kentucky, and at least 4,912 Kentuckians have recovered from the virus.