Three new COVID-19 deaths, 465 new cases in Bluegrass State

by: Ashley Haycraft

Posted: Sep 27, 2020 / 04:39 PM EDT / Updated: Sep 27, 2020 / 04:39 PM EDT

This 2020 electron microscope made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus particles from the first U.S. case of COVID-19. Released by the CDC on Friday, July 31, 2020, a Georgia summer camp hit by a coronavirus outbreak took many precautions, but didn’t make campers wear masks and put too many children in the same cabin, according to a government report released Friday. (C.S. Goldsmith, A. Tamin/CDC via AP)

FRANKFORT, KY (WOWK) – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has announced there are three new deaths COVID-19 deaths and 465 new positive cases in the Bluegrass State.

As of 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, Beshear has confirmed the deaths of a 97-year-old woman from Bell County; an 87-year-old man from Kenton County, and an 81-year-old woman from Fayette County, bringing the state’s total number of deaths to 1,157.

Beshear also says state health officials have confirmed a total of 66,491 cases of COVID-19 in the commonwealth. 60 of the 465 new cases were from children ages 18 and younger, of which 10 were ages 5 and under. The governor says the youngest to have COVID-19 is a two-month-old.

At this time, there are limited reports on Sundays and some information will be delayed until Monday. Sept. 28.

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