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COVID REPORTWOULD HAVE BEEN ABIG SURPRISE JUSTONE MONTH AGO.LARRY:BUT WITH THEDELTA VARIANTSPREADINGQUICKLY... THERELATIVE HLYIGHNUMBERS RELEASEDTODAY APPEAR TOBE THE NEW NORM.FOR THE FOURTHDAY THIS WEEK, WEBROKE 900 NEWDAILY CASES, WITH994.199 OF THOSECASES ARE AMONGCHILDREN.FOUR MOREKENTUCKY COVIDPATIENTS HAVE DIED.AND THE POSITIVITYRATE IS CREEPINGCLOSER TOWARD 7...NOW AT 6-POINT-9-7.NANCY:IT'S BEEN A REALUPHILL CLIMB FORKENTUCKY'SPOSITIVITY RATETHIS MONTH... LET'SSEE HOW FAST IT'SRISEN.IT WAS 1-POINT-99PERCENT ON JULY1ST... IT'S CROSSEDTWO AT 2-POINT-0-6PERCENT THE NEXTDAY.POSITIVITYCROSSED THREEPERCENT AT 3-POINT-1 ON JULY9TH... THEN TOPPEDFOUR PERCENT ONTHE 15TH.IT JUMPED MORETHAN A QUTARERPERCENT TO CLIMBPAST FIVE ON JULY18TH... AND THENCROSSED THE 6PERCENT MARK ONWEDNESDAY.YOU CAN SEE - ITJUMPED A FULLPERCENT BETWEENSUNDAY ANDWEDNESDAY.AND AGAIN - WE AREPOISED TO PASS 7PERCENT ANY DAYNOW, WE NOW SITAT 6-POINT-9-7.NANCY:THE RECENT RISE INCASES MAY BELINKED TO A RISE INTESTING DUE TO THEDELTA VARIANT.RLARY:LEX 18'S MICHAELBERK HAS MORE ONTHE INCREASE INTESTING FROM ONEOF LEXINGTON'SMORE POPULARDRIVE-UPLOCATIONS: JUSTOUTSIDE KROGERFIELD.THAT'S TONIGHT'SBIG STORY AT 5."IF YOU THOUGHTYOU HAD A PRETTYGOOD GRIP ONWHATUR O NEWNORMAL WOULDLOOK LIKE, YOUSHOULD LET GO,BECAUSE COVIDTESTING, AT LEASTHERE A KROGERFIELD, HAS MORETHAN QUADRUPLEDIN THE LASTMONTH."WE'RE STILL NOTCLOSE TO HAVINGALL KENTUCKIANSVACCINATED, ANDNOT REALLY ALLTHAT CLOSE TO THE80 PERCENTTHRESHOLDEXPERTS SAY THEYWOULD LIKE TO SEE.SO IF THIS 50PERCENT MARK IS ASGOOD AS WE'REGNGOI TO GET, THENIT'S NOT LIKELY THATTHIS, OR ANY OTHERCOVID-19 TESTINGSITE WILL BE GOINGAWAY ANYTIMESOON.

IN RECENTWEEKS, WE'RE TOLDTHE DAILY AVERAGEOF APPOINTENTSHERE, HAS GONEFROM 100 TO ABOUT500.

ANDUNFORTUNATELYTHERE AREARGUMENTS THATCAN BE MADE THATTHIS RECENT SPIKEINEST TING IS BOTHA GOOD THING... ANDA BAD THING..."I THINK IT'S GREATTHAT PEOPLE WANTTO COME GETTESTED AND KEEPTHE COMMUNITYSAFE, I THINK IT'SBETTER TO GETTESTED AND BENEGATIVE THANGET A TEST AND BEPOSITIVE, SO IT'SGREAT PEOP ALERECOMING OUT TOGET TESTED.

I HATETHATT' IS COMINGBACK UP AGAIN,BUT WE'RE DOINGWHAT WE CAN TOHELP PROTECT THECOMMUNITY.""EMILY SAID A LOTOF THE INITIALTESTING, POST-VACCINATIO, NSWAS DUE TOSUMMER TRAVELBUT NOW IST'PEOPLE WHO ARECONCERNEDABOUT THE DELTAVARIANT OR THOSEWHO KNOW OFSOMEONE WHOHAS BEENVACCINATED BUTGOT THE VIRUSANYWAY.

INLEXINGTON.MICHAEL BERK, LEX18 NEWS."