Weekend Update: A look into the numbers of COVID-19 in the commonwealth

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On Friday, Aug. 7, Gov. Beshear said there were at least 33,796 coronavirus cases in Kentucky, 573 of which were newly reported Friday. Twenty-one of the newly reported  Friday cases, were children age 5 and younger.

On Saturday, Aug. 8, Gov. Beshear said there were at least 34,578 coronavirus cases in Kentucky, 801 of which were newly reported Saturday. Twenty-nine of the newly reported  Saturday cases, were from children age 5 and younger.

As of 3 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 9, Gov. Beshear said there were at least 34,982 coronavirus cases in Kentucky, 425 of which were newly reported Sunday. Nine of the newly reported cases were from children age 5 and younger.

Unfortunately, Gov. Beshear reported 13 new deaths over the weekend, raising the total to 773 Kentuckians lost to the virus.

The deaths reported Friday include a 62-year-old woman from Graves County; a 73-year-old woman from Jefferson County; a 91-year-old man from Laurel County; and a 53-year-old man from Pulaski County.

The deaths reported Saturday include a 64-year-old woman from Fulton County; a 56-year-old woman from Kenton County; a 68-year-old man from Bell County; a 93-year-old man from Christian County; a 97-year-old woman, also from Christian County; a 66-year-old woman from Pulaski County; an 82-year-old woman from Clinton County, and a 73-year-old woman from Muhlenberg County.

The death reported Sunday was a 71-year-old man from Pulaski County.

Due to limited reporting on Sundays, some statistics are unavailable until Monday.

For more information on this week’s updates, including those on expanded COVID-19 testingnew flexibility for schoolsthe David McAtee shooting investigationthe First Lady’s Coverings for Kids programlong-term caretransportation CARES Act fundingDollar General’s expansion in Kentuckythe Nettie Depp monumentKentucky Infrastructure Authority loans, the 2020 Kentucky State Faircorrectionsdriver’s licensingpharmacy refills and price-gouging prohibition, visit governor.ky.gov.

If you have any questions about the coronavirus in Kentucky, you’re encouraged to call the state’s COVID-19 hotline at 1-800-722-5725.

For additional information, including up-to-date lists of positive cases and deaths, as well as breakdowns of coronavirus infections by county, race and ethnicity and for more information on how to protect you and your family, you can visit Kentucky’s official COVID-19 website. You can find a link to that website as well as other reliable sources regarding the coronavirus here.