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Kentucky up to 11,476 cases of COVID-19, 472 deaths, 3,359 recoveries

Posted at 4:21 PM, Jun 08, 2020
and last updated 2020-06-08 16:39:09-04

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Gov. Andy Beshear announced during his Monday press conference that there are 190 new cases of COVID-19 in the state of Kentucky and that the state's total is currently at 11,476. Those numbers are Sunday's and Monday's new numbers combined. Beshear announced that 70 of the new cases were reported on Sunday and 120 new cases were reported on Monday.

One new death was reported on both Sunday and Monday, bringing the state's coronavirus-related death total to 472. The two new deaths were reported in Daviess and Hardin counties.

Of the 11,476 Kentuckians to test positive for COVID-19, 3,359 have made a full recovery.

Gov. Beshear also announced that over 40,000 COVID-19 tests have been conducted every week since May 11.