Ky. COVID positivity rate falls below 12 percent

Kentucky gained 3,391 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, but the positivity rate fell below 12 percent for the first time in over a month.

According to the daily reports, the positivity rate decreased to 11.95 percent—there were also 31 newly reported deaths, putting the death toll since the pandemic began at 8,370. There are currently 2,287 individuals in the hospital with COVID-19, 664 in the ICU and 445 on a ventilator.

Roughly 2.6 million Kentuckians have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and officials urge those who have not yet gotten it to do so to help keep yourself from becoming badly sick should you contract the virus.