Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear gave a COVID-19 update Monday afternoon.
He says the Delta variant is spreading like wildfire across the Commonwealth, and he says anyone at any age is at risk.
Governor Beshear says Kentucky is currently reporting the most positive cases since before the vaccines were readily available.
The current case numbers are the highest they’ve been in six months.
Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Eric Friedlander, who joined the Governor says universal masking will be required in all state-run health care facilities, including veterans nursing homes, effective Aug. 3.
The cabinet will also require all contractors and state employees working in state-operated long-term care facilities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 1, unless there is a religious or medical reason they cannot be vaccinated.
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