The City of Fort Wayne announced Citizens Square would reopen to the public on Monday.
The downtown building has been closed since late November as a precaution due to the rising spread of COVID-19.
But 7-day positivity rates and deaths have been lower in recent days around northeast Indiana and the rest of the state. City officials believe they can safely reopen the building and others including the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission office and the Parks and Recreation Department office.
On Thursday, Allen County reported 168 new cases of COVID-19, and no new deaths.
Only Steuben and Wells counties reported new deaths on Thursday.
Around the region and statewide, the numbers of deaths have been declining steadily since the beginning of the month. Positive case totals per day have also declined.
All counties in northeast Indiana, with the exception of Whitley County, saw 7-day positivity rates below 15 percent on Thursday.
Northeast Indiana COVID hospitalizations were down below 200, a low not seen since late October.
Totals for each area county on Jan. 21 are:
- Adams County: 12 new cases for 2,990 total. No new deaths for 35 total. 7-day positivity rate at 8.5%.
- Allen County: 168 new cases for 32,547 total. No new deaths for 547 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.6%.
- DeKalb County: 28 new cases for 3,472 total. No new deaths for 73 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.4%.
- Huntington County: 19 new cases for 2,886 total. No new deaths for 59 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.0%.
- Kosciusko County: 37 new cases for 8,003 total. No new deaths for 82 total. 7-day positivity rate at 11.8%.
- LaGrange County: 3 new cases for 2,263 total. No new deaths for 61 total. 7-day positivity rate at 12.5%.
- Noble County: 22 new cases for 4,683 total. No new deaths for 57 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.2%.
- Steuben County: 17 new cases for 3,115 total. One new death for 45 total. 7-day positivity rate at 12.2%.
- Wabash County: 21 new cases for 2,997 total. No new deaths for 47 total. 7-day positivity rate at 8.0%.
- Wells County: 7 new cases for 2,333 total. 3 new deaths for 50 total. 7-day positivity rate at 11.0%.
- Whitley County: 19 new cases for 3,017 total. No new deaths for 25 total. 7-day positivity rate at 17.0%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data.
