Almost everyone likely knows someone with COVID-19 as case numbers are ticking back up, but Governor Andy Beshear says the surge continues to remain relatively low compared to prior surges.
There are more red counties now in Kentucky than anytime in the last several weeks and Trigg is among them, and the governor encourages residents in those counties to take steps to protect their own health, including being vaccinated and boosted.
He says the good news is hospitalizations continue to remain relatively low, indicating the variants currently spreading are certainly less severe than Delta.
Those numbers are also reflected in the number of Kentuckians on a ventilator.
Governor Beshear gave an update on several topics Thursday morning, including the ongoing water crisis in Marion.
Lake George, the primary reservoir for Marion’s residents and businesses needed to be partially drained because of a levee failure. That, coupled with limited rainfall and unseasonably warm weather, has now caused the water shortage to become critical.
The governor noted several major steps are being taken to shore up Marion’s water supply, including trucking in water, and they’re supplementing with interoperability with neighbors.
The City of Marion has issued a boil water advisory until further notice. High temperatures that have made the system’s chlorine levels dissipate faster than usual have made it more difficult for the city water system to maintain safe chlorine levels throughout the distribution system. Conservation efforts by customers on the system have also reduced water flow through the pipelines, reducing the chlorine levels on the fringe of the network.