As of Monday, January 4th, 2021 the state of Kentucky has reported 279,143 total cases of COVID-19 with 222,545 of those cases have been officially lab confirmed and 54,281 are probable.

2,319 of the cases were reported on Monday alone.

A total of 2,723 Kentuckians have been lost due to the virus; though 190 of those are probable and only 2,533 are lab confirmed.

26 lives were official lab confirmed to be lost on Monday.

Those reported lost to the virus Monday include a 79-year-old woman and an 81-year-old man from Boone County; a 54-year-old woman from Boyle County; three women, ages 73, 84 and 92, and a 72-year-old man from Campbell County; a 92-year-old man from Franklin County; a 70-year-old woman from Gallatin County; two men, ages 40 and 70, from Grant County; a 95-year-old woman and three men, ages 72, 78 and 92, from Jefferson County; four women, ages 66, 74, 99 and 102, and three men, ages 86, 88 and 90, from Kenton County; an 82-year-old woman from Lewis County; a 65-year-old man from Marshall County; and an 89-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man from Simpson County.

A total of 3,504,533 COVID-19 tests have been administered in Kentucky. 3,224,871 were PCR Test, 102,490 were serology test, and 177,192 were antigen test. The positivity rate currently stands at 11.18%.

Currently 1,737 Kentuckians are hospitalized due COVID-19 related symptoms. With 456 in the ICU and 216 on a ventilator.

Based on regional statistics, Region 8 which includes Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike, and Wolfe Counties 55.81% of inpatient capacity is currently in use, 83.09% of ICU capacity is in use and 34.69% of ventilator capacity for the region is in use.

Top counties with the most positive cases in Kentucky on Monday were: Jefferson, Fayette, Boyd, Kenton, Warren and Pulaski. Each of these counties reported 70 or more new cases; Jefferson County alone reported 429.

On a positive note, at least 37,455 Kentuckians have recovered from the virus.