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Sunday COVID-19 update: Positivity rate continues to decline

COVID-19
Posted at 4:17 PM, Jan 24, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-24 17:20:58-05

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — On Sunday, Governor Andy Beshear announced 2,018 new cases of COVID-19.

The positivity rate continues to decline and is now 10.24%.

There were 35 more COVID-related deaths announced in the report.

The death toll stands at 3,421. The number of total cases since March 6 is 346,586.

The number of COVID-positive patients at Kentucky hospitals is 1,540. 371 of those patients are in the ICU and 218 are using a ventilator.