Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says state's COVID-19 situation is 'dire' [View all]
Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Sunday described the situation in the state as "dire" amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and clashes with the Republican legislature limiting his ability to implement preventative measures.
Kentucky recorded a seven-day average of 4,423 new daily COVID-19 cases on Saturday along with an average of 53 hospitalizations and 23.9 deaths per 100,000 people, according to a New York Times database.
"Our situation is dire," Beshear told NBC News' Meet the Press. "We're setting case records. We have a record number of Kentuckians in the hospital battling COVID, in the ICU battling for their lives. We have a record number of families that are praying for their loved one who is on a ventilator and needing that assistance to breathe."
Beshear, a Democrat, also cited a recent Supreme Court ruling which stated that a lower court could not block lawmakers' efforts to stifle his mitigation efforts such as mask mandates.
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