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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during a May 6, 2020 briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic from the state Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky.
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Kentucky now has confirmed 5,934 cases of the novel coronavirus, Beshear said. The state's death toll has climbed to 283 since the pandemic began.
Beshear said the new executive order tweaks some of his previous restrictions and is similar to travel restrictions issued by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.
Attorney General Daniel Cameron has asked to join a lawsuit, filed by a Baptist Church in Nicholasville, Kentucky, against Gov. Andy Beshear's executive order banning mass gatherings during the pandemic.
