Governor Beshear Extends Executive Order Requiring Face Coverings

The order is being extended 30 days amid rising COVID-19 cases in the state.

(Frankfort, Ky.) – Governor Andy Beshear has renewed that the state’s executive order requiring facial coverings.

Beshear said during Tuesday's news briefing that the executive order is being extended another 30 days, amid increasing COVID-19 cases in the commonwealth.

The governor announced earlier this week that Kentucky saw its highest-ever daily and weekly totals for positive COVID-19 cases. On Sunday, more than 1,200 new cases were reported, with another 1,054 reported on Tuesday.

Beshear is continuing to stress the importance of face coverings in the commonwealth, calling it the single most important thing Kentuckians can do to fight COVID-19.

“We saw with the last escalation that we have the power to stop it if we simply do what we know works and that is wearing a mask and engaging in social distancing,” the Governor said. “If we are honest with ourselves, we know that fewer people are wearing masks right now than they were when we took steps in July on the mask mandate to stop that escalation.”

As of Tuesday, over 1.5 million coronavirus tests have been administered in Kentucky.

For more information, visit www.kentucky.gov and www.govstatus.egov.com/kycovid19.