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Saturday COVID-19 update: 1,333 cases, 25 more deaths

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Timothy D. Easley/AP
FILE - Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear addresses the media following the return of a grand jury investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Kentucky’s Supreme Court has ruled, Thursday, Sept. 24, that Beshear properly paid a law firm $4.2 million in legal fees for helping the state settle a lawsuit against opioid-maker Purdue Pharma when he was attorney general. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Posted at 4:03 PM, Feb 20, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-20 16:03:15-05

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — On Saturday, Governor Andy Beshear's office reported 1,333 more cases of COVID-19 in Kentucky.

There have been a total of 396,018 cases of COVID-19 in the state since the pandemic hit in early March 2020.

25 more Kentuckians have died after contracting the virus. The death toll during the pandemic is now 4,426.

The state's positivity rate is 6.77%.

There are currently 921 COVID-positive patients at Kentucky hospitals.

245 of those patients are in the ICU and 125 are using a ventilator.

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