After having to cancel Tuesday’s live press conference due to feeling unwell, Governor Andy Beshear announced 562 new cases of COVID-19 in a recorded update.
Earlier Tuesday, Governor Beshear and First Lady Britainy Beshear were not feeling well and the family was tested as a precaution. Those tests have come back negative, according to the governor, who says his family is doing better and he now has even more empathy for those who have to wait days or sometimes weeks for test results.
The new cases reported Tuesday puts the overall total in the Commonwealth at 35,793, and the governor says the positivity increased some to 5.87 percent.
Eight more Kentuckians have died, including a 79-year-old woman from Hopkins County, which puts the overall total at 783. At least 8,819 Kentuckians have recovered from the virus.
The Tennessee Department of Health is reporting 1,001 new COVID-19 cases, up to 124,915 in total—there were 38 new deaths, bring that to 1,271. Montgomery County gained 34 cases, Robertson County saw 11 new cases and Stewart County gained one additional case.