IU Health said most of its hospitals except Riley Children's Health, need assistance.
The statewide seven-day positivity rate for the week ending Dec. 1 is 14%.
“This virus is everywhere. It is in your community," Gov. Andy Beshear said in a news release. "We need every community doing what it takes to defeat it."
COVID-19-related hospitalizations hit a new record high Wednesday and use of intensive care beds is at the highest level in five months — though ample hospital capacity remains.
Average daily new cases have soared 70% since September 12, when the country was at a two-month low of about 34,300.
The latest White House report, too, indicates that Kentucky’s virus situation is deteriorating.
State officials show hospitalizations in Indiana are at levels last recorded in late May.