In a news release Friday night, stack said the person was present for services at Asbury on Feb. 18 and was unvaccinated.

The death toll already meets the prior record for the highest number of pediatric influenza deaths ever reported in Kentucky in a single flu season. 

Since June 23, there have been 173 monkeypox cases reported by the CDC. 

The first case of the omicron variant has been confirmed in Kentucky, announced by Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday evening.

The commonwealth's top doctor says misinformation about COVID-19 is hurting Kentuckians. 

Roughly 900 Kentuckians are hospitalized because of COVID-19, and 108 are on ventilators.

After eight weeks of declining cases statewide, coronavirus cases and the positivity rate increased last week in Kentucky, the state's public health commissioner, Steven Stack, announced Thursday at a virtual news briefing.

Smoking is not among the state’s covered conditions.

The councilman believes the city can reopen them safely.