Kentucky is second only to Tennessee in the daily rate of new COVID-19 cases
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky confirmed 4,030 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, 29% of which are in teens and children ages 18 and younger, according to the state Department for Public Health.
The number of coronavirus hospitalizations, patients in intensive care units and people relying on a ventilator to breathe increased from Monday. Statewide, 2,514 people are hospitalized with the virus (an increase of 68 people from Monday); 666 are being treated in an intensive care unit (up 20); and 428 are on a ventilator (17 more).
As hospitals across Kentucky buckle under an untenable influx of coronavirus patients and public health officials scramble to try and compel holdouts to get vaccinated — roughly 59% of residents have gotten at least one shot — there’s heightened focus on monoclonal antibody treatment. It’s a form of therapy offered to some people recently diagnosed with the virus to help stave off severe infection that might otherwise land them in the hospital.
But a surge in nationwide demand has led to a shortage of monoclonal antibodies. On Tuesday the Biden administration took over distribution of the treatment, likely limiting the quantity allotted to some states in the south with an especially soaring demand.
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