Beshear Facebook post shows generally stable virus numbers; comments on it reveal support …

Measures of the novel-coronavirus pandemic remained generally stable in Kentucky on Sunday, as Gov. Andy Beshear made only a Facebook post giving the day’s numbers.The state reported 1,509 new cases, marking the fifth consecutive Sunday that the number has been lower than the previous Sunday. Reporting on Sundays and Mondays is limited due to less testing and lab work on weekends; on top of that, this is the end of a four-day holiday weekend for most people.The share of Kentuckians testing positive for the virus in the past seven days is 8.06%, which is also the average of the last four days.The number of COVID-19 patients in Kentucky hospitals continued to decline, to 1,504, the lowest total since 1,442 on Nov. 16. Intensive care units had 411 of those patients, about the average of the last 10 days. ICU patients on ventilators totaled 217, about the average of the last five days.The state attributed the deaths of 21 more people to COVID-19, for a total of 2,555, but did not publish the usual list of deaths by gender, age and county.Counties with 10 or more new cases were Jefferson,  » Read More