All northeast Indiana counties with the exception of Wabash are seeing their weekly scores worsen amid continued extensive spread of COVID-19.
A week ago, many of the area’s 11 counties had improved to the “orange” warning label for community spread on Indiana’s coronavirus dashboard, but the area is turning red again.
While Adams, Noble, Huntington and Kosciusko counties remain orange, their positivity rates and cases-per-capita numbers are climbing.
Only Wabash remains in the orange and shows a decline, though the county is in the red for cases per 100,000 residents.
Allen County reported four new deaths on Thursday, and 224 new positive cases, bringing the total to 379 deaths and 22,943 cases.
ICU bed capacity in northeast Indiana is under 13 percent, though the number of those hospitalized with COVID-19 in the area is down to 372.
The statewide positivity rate on Thursday is 13.9 percent.
COVID-19 statistics for northeast Indiana:
- Adams County: 31 new cases for 2,176 total. One new death for 28 total. 7-day positivity rate at 14.4%.
- Allen County: 224 new cases for 22,943 total. Four new deaths for 379 total. 7-day positivity rate at 17.8%.
- DeKalb County: 13 new cases for 2,411 total. No new deaths for 42 total. 7-day positivity rate at 20.4%.
- Huntington County: 50 new cases for 1,789 total. One new death for 16 total. 7-day positivity rate for 12.1%.
- Kosciusko County: 53 new cases for 5,677 total. No new deaths for 54 total. 7-day positivity rate for 15.3%.
- LaGrange County: 17 new cases for 1,750 total. No new deaths for 39 total. 7-day positivity rate for 17.9%.
- Noble County: 28 new cases for 3,259 total. No new deaths for 51 total. 7-day positivity rate for 13.9%.
- Steuben County: 18 new cases for 1,940 total. No new deaths for 16 total. 7-day positivity rate for 16.8%.
- Wabash County: 20 new cases for 2,181 total. No new deaths for 28 total. 7-day positivity rate 11.9%.
- Wells County: 17 new cases for 1,614 total. No new deaths for 39 total. 7-day positivity rate 14.7%.
- Whitley County: 24 new cases for 1,874 total. No new deaths for 17 total. 7-day positivity rate for 22.6%.
Sources include the Indiana State Department of Health and local health department statistics.
