Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and First Lady Britainy Beshear tested negative for the coronavirus Tuesday after exhibiting symptoms which prompted them to cancel afternoon events.
Beshear delivered Tuesday’s COVID-19 update through a press release after canceling an afternoon media briefing.
“I wanted to start by letting you know that both my family and I are OK. We’ve tested negative for COVID-19 after a real scare. And I want to thank everybody out there who sent their thoughts and their prayers,” Beshear said.
The state reported 562 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the commonwealth’s total to 35,793. Eight new deaths were also confirmed including a 79-year-old woman from Hopkins County. Kentucky’s death toll is 783. The rate of positive tests is 5.87%.
“That is a number that is just too high to do a number of things we want to do,” Beshear said. “It means it’s just not safe at this moment to do a number of things that we’re working toward.”
Find more information concerning Kentucky’s response to the novel coronavirus here.
