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C1 3 death in fayette county related to the coronavirus... bringing the total to seven in fayette county... it's our top story today at noon... fs txt quote:call to action for lexington businesses source: mayor linda gorton ppe supplies of gloves and ... the announcement coming from lexington mayor linda gorton during a news conference this morning.

Mayor gorton also joined ray daniels with commerce lexington -- in a call to action to the local business community -- when it comes to p-p-e supplies for our healthcare workers... also known as personal protective equipment.

In particular, they say they're running low on gloves and masks.

Theyr'e calling on anyone who can help... to call 3-1-1 or 859-258-31-00.

Donations are being accepted at all 16 kentucky state police posts and at transportation cabinet offices in lexington or louisville.

We will get through this and we will get through this together.

Governor andy beshear starting sunday's daily news conference with those familar words of encourgment... saying we are all in this together.

Yesterday, the governor announcing 38 new cases in the commonwealth... bringing the state's total to 955.

Still lower than our boarding states of indiana..,.

Illinois... ohio... and tennesse which each have well over a thousand cases.

306 kentuckians have now recovered from the virus... and governor beshear also announcing five new deaths... plus the one this morning.

L3: coronavirus in kentucky white keep your social distance kentucky while data shows kentuckys curve is much lower than other states, the governor says he plans to further crack down on those who are not social distancing... reminding kentuckians they should only be leaving the house for essentials -- things like: work, groceries, and in some cases exercise.

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Andy beshear kentucky " while it doesn't feel it, you individually have more control during this crisis, than probably ever before in our history.

Your actions, your specific actions make a difference in how protected the rest of the population is."

Governor beshear also