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Latest coronavirus update.
Here are the newest numbers: according to the governor... there are seven new deaths with the state total now at 129.
We now have 159 new confirmed coronavirus cases.... including a 10-day- old baby in lincoln county.
The state total is now at 2,429 cases.
The governor also announced that two state parks will be open to coronavirus patients who are not first- responders.
First responders with the virus were the only ones being house at state parks.
These patients will be housed at lake barkley and lake cumberland and will have to be referred.
The governor also gave an update on the drive-thru testing site.
He says the frankfort site tested 202 people and the kenton county site tested 227 people.
He also announced the locations of four new testing site opening up next week.
They will be located in madisonville in hopkins county, paducah, somerset and pikeville.
They hope to test 330 patients a day at those four sites.
At the briefing... the governor also