As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, Gov. Beshear reported the following COVID-19 numbers:

• New cases today: 1,864
• New deaths today: 14
• Positivity rate: 6.07%
• Total deaths: 1,442
• Currently hospitalized: 927
• Currently in ICU: 235
• Currently on ventilator: 110
• Total recovered from the virus: 18,165

The top counties with the most positive cases today are: Jefferson, Fayette, Hardin, Nelson, Pike, Kenton and Warren. A list of today’s 64 red counties can be found here.

Those reported lost to the virus yesterday were from the ages of 61-95

They include an 83-year-old man from Boyd County; an 80-year-old man from Breathitt County; a 61-year-old woman from Christian County; a 95-year-old woman from Fayette County; a 93-year-old woman and a 91-year-old man from Henderson County; an 87-year-old woman and three men, ages 70, 80 and 81 from Jefferson County; two women, ages 80 and 82, from Kenton County; a 64-year-old woman from Knox County; and an 85-year-old woman from Lee County.

According to the CDC as of Oct 28 2020 1:20PM

• Total Cases for the US: 8,752,794
• Total Deaths in the US: 225,985
• Test Reported in the US: 144,293,207
• Positive Test in the US: 10,589,537
• Positivity Rate for the US of those tested: 7%
• Total Test Performed in Kentucky: 1,469,905

According to CDC Data from 168,617 (99%) deaths in the US :

• 32.1% were from ages 85 or older
• 26.6 % were from ages 75-84
• 21% were from ages 65-74
• 15.3% were from ages 50-64