During his 4 p.m. update on Tuesday, Dec. 1, Gov. Beshear reported 4,151 new cases of COVID-19. This bring’s Kentucky’s total cases to 183,168, with 151,528 of those cases being lab confirmed and 31,640 are probable.

Thirty-five new deaths were reported Tuesday. Those reported lost to the virus include a 70-year-old man from Boyd County; a 75-year-old man from Calloway County; an 82-year-old man from Christian County; a 96-year-old woman from Daviess County; a 95-year-old woman from Graves County; two women, ages 79 and 86, and two men, ages 57 and 66, from Grayson County; a 93-year-old woman from Henderson County; an 87-year-old man from Hopkins County; six women, ages 61, 64, 76, 77, 77 and 80, and seven men, ages 62, 64, 64, 66, 72, 73 and 94, from Jefferson County; a 62-year-old woman from Jessamine County; a 76-year-old man from Kenton County; a 79-year-old woman from Marshall County; a 66-year-old woman from Mason County; two men, ages 59 and 64, from McCracken County; an 88-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man from Monroe County; a 65-year-old man from Montgomery County; a 93-year-old woman from Robertson County; and an 82-year-old man from Union County..

This makes a total of 1,943 Kentuckians lost to the virus; though 69 of those are probable and only 1,874 are lab confirmed.

A total of 2,816,183 COVID-19 test have been administered in Kentucky. 2,608,252were PCR Test, 95,530 were serology test, and 112,401 were antigen test. The positivity rate currently stands at 9.59%.

Currently 1,777 Kentuckians are hospitalized due COVID-19 related symptoms. With 441 in the ICU and 241 on a ventilator. On a positve note, at least 28,486 Kentuckians have recovered from the virus.

Top counties with the most positive cases Tuesday were: Jefferson, Fayette, McCracken, Warren, Kenton, Hardin, Daviess and Boone. Each county reported 100 or more new cases; Jefferson County alone reported 700.