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Gov. Beshear: More than 15K COVID cases over past 3 days By Crystal Staley/Jack Mazurak Frankfort, KY - On Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the third-highest ever report of new COVID-19 cases, surpassed only by the Jan. 7 and Jan. 6 reports. The Governor has reported 15,403 new COVID-19 cases in just three days. "We are at a really tough point once again in our war against COVID-19. We have successfully stopped three waves of this virus, but we are now seeing a real and significant increase in cases and our positivity rate from people's gatherings around the holidays," said Gov. Beshear. "I wish it hadn't happened. We've got to make sure that moving forward we are not gathering in that way, and we've got to know that we wear a mask now to protect ourselves. "You need to be wearing a mask anywhere outside of your own household. It's gotten that bad and these mutated versions appear to be spreading really fast." According to the most recent White House Federal Report for Kentucky, the state's fall and winter surge has been at "nearly twice the rate of rise of cases as the spring and summer surges." The report continues: "The acceleration suggests there may be a United States COVID-19 variant that has evolved here, in addition to the United Kingdom variant that is already spreading in our communities and may be 50% more transmissible. "Aggressive mitigation must be used to match a more aggressive virus: Without uniform implementation of effective face masking (two or three-ply and well-fitting) and strict social distancing, epidemics could quickly worsen as these variants spread and become predominant." The White House report recommends the creation of high throughput vaccination sites, continued active vaccination encouragement by the Governor, health officials and other community influencers and televised vaccinations, as Gov. Beshear and state officials conducted Dec. 22, in addition to four more group vaccinations where photos were shared with the media on Dec. 23, Dec. 28, Jan. 4 and another set on Jan. 4. The Governor also shared guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which directly conflicts with the policies outlined in Kentucky House Bill 1 that would strip the Governor of emergency powers to enact some restrictions that have saved thousands of lives during the pandemic and are supported by Kentuckians. A recent poll indicated 66% of Kentucky voters approve of the way the Governor has handled the pandemic. The COVID States Project, a consortium of top universities, in its latest report, finds solid majorities of Kentuckians support all seven COVID-restriction categories, which includes 85% supporting restrictions on large gatherings, nearly 74% backing limits on restaurants and 67% supporting limits on in-person school instruction. The CDC advises: "Given the potential for a rebound in the number of cases or level of community transmission, a low threshold for reinstating more stringent mitigation standards will be essential." The Governor also suggested the bill was both counterproductive and contradictory: "The CDC reopening plan written into the guidance that would become law in this bill says that if we've got cases going up instead of two weeks of cases going down, things should be shut down. This is the problem when you put guidance into law that was never intended to be law: House Bill 1, based on what it references, may be requiring a shut-down of Kentucky that does not and should not need to happen. "Also, is House Bill 1 saying that restaurants have to be open but people aren't allowed to go in them? That makes no sense." Case Information As of 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, Gov. Beshear reported the following COVID-19 numbers:
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