Gov. Andy Beshear reported Monday that a child is on a ventilator due to COVID-19 for the first time in Kentucky.
The 10-year-old is currently in critical condition, according to Steven Stack, commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health.
Stack said children normally do well with the virus and develop few health issues, but there have been a small number who suffer from a new syndrome.
“For parents, you should take great comfort that children overall do extraordinarily well with this and do not have serious illness,” Stack said. “However, there are a small number of children who can get a syndrome where their immune system becomes overactive and they have an extensive inflammatory response in their body.”
Beshear also provided his daily update on case information. He said though testing has greatly increased over the last couple of weeks, the numbers of new cases each day has remained about the same.
Beshear said there were at least 6,677 coronavirus cases in Kentucky — 105 of which were confirmed Monday with another 141 on Sunday. He also reported seven new deaths over the last two days, raising the total to 311 Kentuckians lost to the virus.
At least 2,335 Kentuckians have recovered from the virus.
With some businesses having reopened Monday and several others able to follow suit later this month, Beshear again encouraged people to practice healthy habits and use caution in public.
Businesses should follow the 10 rules of staying healthy at work as well as industry-specific guidance, which continues to be issued as it is available for respective industries. See the full reopening schedule here.
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