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Governor's Tuesday update, K-12 updates, rural updates By Crystal Staley/Sebastian Kitchen Frankfort, KY - Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday updated Kentuckians on the state's continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Gov. Beshear continues to conduct news conference remotely as he and his family quarantine in the Governor's Mansion after they were potentially exposed to COVID-19 late Saturday afternoon through a member of the Governor's security detail. "We are striving to have a positive attitude, given that really so little is being asked of us. And if it prevents others from being exposed to this virus, we are more than willing to do it," the Governor said. The Beshear family will be tested regularly and will remain in quarantine until cleared by the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH). "My entire family tested negative today," Gov. Beshear said. "We know it can take a while for the virus to manifest, and so we will be tested - I believe on Friday - again, but that was at least good to see." Case Information As of 4 p.m. Oct. 13, Gov. Beshear said there were at least 81,691 coronavirus cases in Kentucky, 776 of which were newly reported Tuesday. One hundred and eleven of the newly reported cases were from children up to age 18, of which 22 were age 5 and under. The youngest was just 1 month old. "We're going to watch this trend through this week, because we've been on this escalation and we want to watch to see if we are seeing any stabilization," the Governor said. Unfortunately, Gov. Beshear reported 14 new deaths Tuesday, raising the total to 1,269 Kentuckians lost to the virus. The deaths reported Tuesday include a 76-year-old man from Daviess County; an 88-year-old man from Fayette County; two women, ages 74 and 87, and three men, ages 82, 88 and 82, from Henderson County; an 87-year-old man from Jessamine County; a 96-year-old man from Jefferson County; 91-year-old woman from Laurel County; two woman, ages, 68 and 95, from Madison County; a 59-year-old woman from McLean County; and a 90-year-old man from Montgomery County. "The tough part about today's report is we've lost 14 additional Kentuckians," the Governor said. "It's a big number, and these days are hard when we've had this amount of loss." As of Tuesday, there have been at least 1,706,551 coronavirus tests performed in Kentucky. The positivity rate was 4.59%, and at least 13,986 Kentuckians have recovered from the virus. Back to School Update Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman spoke Tuesday about the K-12 school COVID-19 self-reported data dashboard, which went live Sept. 29. "The dashboard provides an opportunity for school districts, local health departments and health care providers to work together for a safe return to in-person classes for every child," the Lieutenant Governor said. "Each community has actionable information that helps keep Kentucky open for business and on a path to a sustained return to in-person classes - which is what we all want for our kids." Lt. Gov. Coleman, who also serves as secretary of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, noted that all schools are required to report positive COVID-19 cases each weekday. Local health departments collect this information and transmit it to the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH), where it goes through a verification process. "All of this data can be found for your school, your community, and the entire commonwealth at kycovid19.ky.gov," she said. The Lieutenant Governor said that currently there are 1,732 schools in the database. At last report, there were nearly 800 students and more than 130 students in quarantine. Unfortunately, she also said more than 200 schools have failed to provide the required information. "That is unacceptable and irresponsible," Lt. Gov. Coleman said. "It jeopardizes the health of your students, school staff, their families and your community." She encouraged all districts to make the reporting a top priority. Dr. Stack Update Dr. Steven Stack, KDPH commissioner, provided more detailed information Tuesday on the state of the coronavirus in the commonwealth. He pointed to the latest monthly report on Kentucky provided by the White House, which are posted on kycovid.ky.gov, that shows the coronavirus worsening across most of the commonwealth. It assigns each county a color - green, yellow, orange or red - depending on the incidence rate. "If you look where the red is, the red is a lot more common in the rural communities now," Dr. Stack said. "And there are many more red counties than there were in the weeks prior." Dr. Stack also said that beginning next week, Kentucky will change the way it calculates the positivity rate. He said that going forward, Kentucky will use COVID-19 PCR tests that are sent in electronically to make the calculation. "PCR tests are the gold standard - those are the most reliable - for finding active disease in currently infected people," Dr. Stack said. "More than nine in 10 of our tests are PCR tests. So we are only going to look at the PCR tests. They are the most accurate and are far and away the largest proportion of the tests." Dr. Stack went into great detail about the change and said there were four main benefits to moving to using the PCR tests to calculate the positivity rate: automated collection of data, a more stable data stream, filter for the past seven days and a quick turnaround on testing results. Gov. Beshear emphasized that the change will not take place until next week to give everyone - hospitals, state officials, media and citizens - enough time to analyze and ask questions about the move before it happens. This story was posted on 2020-10-13 19:27:51
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