The Purchase District Health Department reported 37 new COVID-19 cases in McCracken County on Friday.

“Just a few more months, you know, get us through this," a Kentucky restaurant owner says. 

Local health departments in southern Illinois are working with the state to determine a rollout plan for COVID-19 vaccines.

Eight new coronavirus-related deaths were reported in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, Thursday. 

Lourdes will receive 975 initial doses of the vaccine, which the hospital will be able to allocate to its employees based on its own analysis, Beshear said.

The country's daily average of COVID-19 deaths across a week is 1,654 — above its summer high of around 1,130 but lower than the pandemic peak above 2,240 in late April.

Gov. Andy Beshear is providing an update on COVID-19 in Kentucky. Tap to watch live. 

Illinois has now suffered 12,830 deaths among 759,562 coronavirus infections.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is providing an update on COVID-19 in Illinois.

Governor Mike Parson is providing an update on the coronavirus in Missouri.

Currently, the health department is monitoring 1,250 active cases in McCracken County. 

(CNN) -- Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to get their COVID-19 vaccines on camera to promote public confidence in the vaccine's safety once the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes one.

Wednesday, 39 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Jackson County, Illinois, according to the county's health department. 

To date, the county has had 1,826 cases, including 25 deaths. 

The health department said the new cases bring the county's total number of novel coronavirus disease cases to 1,879. 

The fight against COVID-19 requires help from all sides, including the military. National Guard members are making a difference in a Paducah long-term care facility. 

Those health care professionals will include registered nurses, respiratory therapists, and certified nurse assistants. 

For the second day in a row, Gov. Andy Beshear has reported a record number of novel coronavirus-related deaths in Kentucky.

The Illinois Department of Public Health today reported the greatest number of COVID-19 related deaths reported in a single day since the start of the pandemic — 238 deaths.

The first doses will be available mid-December. But initially, only for long-term care facilities and front line health workers.

The daunting milestone came the day after Gov. Ron DeSantis held his first news conference in 26 days, doubling down on keeping schools open for in-person instruction in the spring.

The state saw a new case record of 4,151. Of the over 4,000 new cases, 461 of those cases are in children. 

The Illinois Department of Pubic Health announced Monday that Union County is now at an Orange Warning Level for the COVID-19 risk levels. 

The health department has been offering expanded testing in community locations since Oct. 5 through a pilot program with the state. 

Joe McChristian is getting a COVID test at the Hickman County Health Center. He didn't have a Thanksgiving gathering. But he's feeling ill.

“Kentuckians have a First Amendment right to exercise their faith through a religious education, and we maintain that the Governor is clearly infringing upon that right by closing religious schools,” said Attorney General Cameron. 

Beshear says in one trial, Moderna's vaccine was 100% effective in severe cases.

McCracken County Judge Executive Craig Clymer says the county courthouse will be closed to the public starting Wednesday, Dec. 2, due to the high rates of COVID-19 cases in the county. 

The Christian County Health Department says the COVID-19 testing schedule for the county will be changing starting Dec. 1. 

The coronavirus vaccine is inching towards approval in the U.S. and is desperately anticipated by Americans longing to go back to normal life. But criminals are waiting, too, ready to take advantage of that desperation.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has several mobile testing sites available for the next week, with three ready in the Local 6 area. 

The Purchase District Health Department is reporting 104 new cases of COVID-19 in McCracken County. 

Pharmaceutical company Moderna intends to apply Monday to the US Food and Drug Administration for authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine.

Reporting 2,803 new COVID-19 cases in Kentucky on Sunday. Gov. Andy Beshear thanked every Kentuckian who sacrificed for each other and rose to the challenge of battling COVID-19 together during the Thanksgiving holiday.

Advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have called an emergency meeting for Tuesday to vote on who they recommend should be the first to get a coronavirus vaccine once one is authorized.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Governor Andy Beshear can halt in-person learning for religious schools.

The fair has been held  in the community for 15 years, but it won't be held in person this year because of COVID-19. 

Illinois topped 12,000 deaths from COVID-19 , along with passing the 700,000 mark for cases of coronavirus illness.

"We are meeting because the FDA, the Operation Warp Speed, have asked states and other jurisdictions to please submit their plans on Friday of this coming week," ACIP chair Dr. Jose Romero said.

The Calloway County Health Department reported 41 new COVID-19 cases in the west Kentucky county Friday. 

Thursday, 3,870 new cases were reported across the commonwealth, as well as 32 virus-related deaths. Friday, 1,747 new cases were reported, as well as four deaths. 

In an email to Local 6, St. Mary Schools Director Eleanor Spry said the district will follow a plan the Diocese of Owensboro approved Friday. 

It was not a typical Black Friday crowd, but people still made their way to their favorite stores for holiday deals. 

COVID-19 patients develop a certain level of immunity after battling the virus, but new studies find it may not last long. 

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear asked federal appeals courts to block a Wednesday order by a U.S. district judge that would allow private religious school in the commonwealth return to in-person instruction immediately. 

The state also has 12,022 new confirmed and probable cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of known infections in Illinois to 697,489.

“The thing we need to remember most importantly out of this is that it isn’t about restricting individuals, it’s about saving lives,” Jefferson County Health Department Director Kelley Vollmar said in a statement.