Northeast Indiana’s overall 7-day positivity rates remain lower on Friday, continuing a recent trend in improving COVID-19 numbers around the state.
One death was reported in Allen County on Friday, bringing the county’s total of COVID-19 deaths to 564, according to state and local data.
Whitley County is again the highest for positivity in the region, with a 7-day rate of 16.5 percent, and remains in the “red” by the state’s metrics for COVID-19 spread.
There are only five counties in Indiana that are “red” on the state’s dashboard.
Two area counties--Wells and Adams--are now in the “yellow” zone for community spread of the virus. Blue is the least-risky designation.
ICU capacity in northeast Indiana is at 24 percent, with 133 residents of the area hospitalized due to COVID-19.
The Bowen Center is offering a vaccine registration assistance hotline to help those eligible complete their COVID-19 vaccination process. The hotline is available at (574)347-4256, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
So far Indiana’s vaccination program is available only to those Hoosiers 70 and older, as well as long-term care residents, first responders, and eligible healthcare workers.
Nearly 519,000 Hoosiers have been vaccinated as of Friday.
Northeast Indiana COVID-19 totals include:
- Adams County: 11 new cases for 3,074 total. No new deaths for 37 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6%.
- Allen County: 112 new cases for 33,547 total. One new death for 564 total. 7-day positivity rate at 9%.
- DeKalb County: 12 new cases for 3,599 total. No new deaths for 73 total. 7-day positivity rate at 12%.
- Huntington County: 30 new cases for 3,034 total. No new deaths for 62 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7%.
- Kosciusko County: 10 new cases for 8,173 total. No new deaths for 85 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.8%.
- LaGrange County: 6 new cases for 2,323 total. No new deaths for 63 total. 7-day positivity rate at 14.3%.
- Noble County: 17 new cases for 4,810 total. No new deaths for 59 total. 7-day positivity rate at 8.7%.
- Steuben County: 7 new cases for 3,176 total. No new deaths for 46 total. 7-day positivity rate at 9.6%.
- Wabash County: 11 new cases for 3,110 total. No new deaths for 51 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.8%.
- Wells County: 4 new cases for 2,389 total. No new deaths for 52 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.8%.
- Whitley County: 19 new cases for 3,196 total. No new deaths for 26 total. 7-day positivity rate at 16.5%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data.
