Schools closed in northern Kentucky county with virus case

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP/WTVQ) – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says schools will be closed and nursing homes have been advised to stop accepting visitors in a Kentucky county where the state’s first coronavirus patient lives.

Harrison County Board of Education will offer meals to students, free of charge.

Beshear said the patient from Harrison County is hospitalized in serious condition but is improving at the University of Kentucky’s Chandler Hospital.

Additionally, healthcare workers who first treated the patient are now being quarantined.

The state confirmed its first coronavirus case Friday. The positive test came back Friday afternoon. The patient has not been identified.

Beshear said more cases are expected in Kentucky and Harrison County.

Beshear has urged people to take precautionary steps to protect the health of themselves and other residents.