Beshear: Over 800 New Virus Cases in Last 3 Days

Governor Andy Beshear updated Kentuckians Monday afternoon on the novel coronavirus pandemic. 

Beshear said health officials across the state reported 255 new cases and no deaths on Saturday, 280 new cases and no deaths on Sunday, and 268 cases and eight deaths on Monday. That's 803 cases in the last three days. 

The deaths reported Monday include two women, ages 100 and 103, from Fayette County; a 72-year-old man from Hopkins County; two women, ages 51 and 89, and a 90-year-old man from Jefferson County; an 88-year-old man from Nelson County; and a 96-year-old woman from Shelby County.

These cases bring overall totals to 17,152 cases of COVID-19 in Kentucky with 593 deaths.

As of Monday, there have been at least 435,471 coronavirus tests performed in Kentucky. At least 4,785 Kentuckians have recovered from the virus.

Beshear's next briefing will be on Thursday at 3pm.