While Fort Wayne Community Schools is now selling limited tickets to some school athletic events and Allen County is rolling back some COVID-19 gathering restrictions, Whitley County remains northeast Indiana’s hotspot.
According to state data, the county’s positivity rate is again up, on Thursday to 16.2 percent.
It is the only county in the area in the red for COVID-19 spread, with a rising positivity rate for the past 7-days, and the number of cases per 100,000.
Whitley is one of only five Indiana counties remaining in the red, and the only one north of Indianapolis.
On Wednesday, FWCS announced that they would sell limited tickets to family members to high school athletic events, including basketball, swimming and wrestling.
Allen County rolled back some restrictions on Wednesday after two weeks in the orange category--including allowing up to 50 individuals at a social gathering.
The majority of Allen County’s residents infected with COVID-19 are between the ages of 20-29.
Northeast Indiana totals for Jan. 28:
- Adams County: 11 new cases for 3,863 total. No new deaths for 37 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.3%.
- Allen County: 135 new cases for 33,435 total. No new deaths for 563 total. 7-day positivity rate at 9.3%.
- DeKalb County: 20 new cases for 3,587 total. No new deaths for 73 total. 7-day positivity rate at 11.5%.
- Huntington County: 26 new cases for 3,005 total. One new death for 62 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.1%.
- Kosciusko County: 23 new cases for 8,162 total. No new deaths for 85 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.9%.
- LaGrange County: 6 new cases for 2,317 total. No new deaths for 63 total. 7-day positivity rate at 14.0%.
- Noble County: 21 total for 4,793 total. No new deaths for 59 total. 7-day positivity rate at 8.3%.
- Steuben County: 4 new cases for 3,169 total. No new deaths for 46 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.2%
- Wabash County: 11 new cases for 3,099 total. No new deaths for 51 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.0%.
- Wells County: 5 new cases for 2,385 total. No new deaths for 52 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.7%.
- Whitley County: 26 new cases for 3,177 total. No new deaths for 26 total. 7-day positivity rate at 16.2%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health departments.
