KENTUCKY IS NOW IN ITS TENTH STRAIGHT WEEK OF DECLINING CORONAVIRUS CASES AS MORE THAN ONE-POINT-ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE HAD AT LEAST THEIR FIRST VACCINATION AGAINST THE VIRUS.
Kentucky is now in its tenth straight week of declining coronavirus cases as more than one- point-one million people have had at least their first vaccination against the virus.
That's tonight's top story at five.
The governor reported a low number of new cases...294 bringing the total to just over 421-thousand.
There were eleven new deaths...but none of those are from this month.
The total number of people who have died from the virus is now 5,799.
The positivity rate continues to fall...coming in today at 2-point-9-3 percent.
Government data up to March 30 shows that of the 35,014,074 jabs given in the UK so far, 30,905,538 were first doses – a rise of 224,590 on the previous day.
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The Government has said a further 43 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday, bringing the UK total to 126,713.
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