LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky set a new daily high Saturday in the number of positive novel coronavirus cases identified across the state with at least 92, Gov. Andy Beshear said during his daily briefing on the pandemic.
After his briefing, Beshear announced another death related to COVID-19, a 66-year-old woman from Kenton County, on his Twitter account. This brings the state's death toll to nine after Beshear reported three deaths related to the new virus Friday.
Following today’s update we learned we lost another Kentuckian to #COVID19. This was a 66-year-old female from Kenton Co. Please turn on your green lights to show compassion for the family and as a show of our resilience. ^AB
— Governor Andy Beshear (@GovAndyBeshear) March 28, 2020
The 92 positive cases reported Saturday pushes the state's total to at least 394 and nearly doubles the 54 cases Beshear reported Friday afternoon.
"We are in that escalation that we knew would happen," Beshear said.
Of those 92 new cases, Beshear said 23 were from Jefferson County. Another one of the confirmed positive cases was a 1-year-old believed to be from Fayette County, he added.
Beshear also reported new cases in Boone, Boyle, Bracken, Breckinridge, Butler, Campbell, Carroll, Clark, Daviess, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Grant, Hopkins, Kenton, Madison, McCracken, Mercer, Nicholas, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Warren and Washington counties.
Beshear estimated that 64 Kentuckians have recovered from COVID-19 during the question-and-answer portion of his daily briefing. He also announced a deal with the state's Labor Cabinet that will raise the maximum weekly benefit for those receiving unemployment by $600.
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