Around 3 percent of Indiana’s 6.73 million people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and a full 10 percent have received at least one shot.
And just under 10 percent of Hoosiers have tested positive for the illness.
There were 163 new cases reported in northeast Indiana, and four new deaths. The 7-day positivity rate for northeast Indiana has dropped to 7.9 percent, according to the Indiana Department of Health and local data.
The highest 7-day positivity rate for the area is, again, Whitley County with 12.4 percent. The county remains in the red on the state’s coronavirus dashboard for community spread.
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in northeast Indiana are now down to 109, the lowest number since early October. ICU capacity is down to 23 percent, but the majority of those needing critical care are not afflicted with COVID.
Statewide, there are 1,265 Hoosiers hospitalized with COVID-19, and the 7-day positivity rate is 6.4 percent.
The World Health Organization cautions that any 7-day positivity rate over 5 percent is dangerous for community spread.
Northeast Indiana totals for Feb. 9:
- Adams County: 3 new cases for 3,141 total. No new deaths for 48 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.2%.
- Allen County: 86 new cases for 34,659 total. No new deaths for 580 total. 7-day positivity rate at 8%.
- DeKalb County: 10 new cases for 3,673 total. 2 new deaths for 76 total. 7-day positivity rate at 9.8%.
- Huntington County: 8 new cases for 3,222 total. No new deaths for 71 total. 7-day positivity rate at 8.3%.
- Kosciusko County: 15 new cases for 8,351 total. No new deaths for 101 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.2%.
- LaGrange County: 2 new cases for 2,372 total. No new deaths for 70 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.6%.
- Noble County: 2 new cases for 4,944 total. 1 new death for 74 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.4%.
- Steuben County: 6 new cases for 3,275 total. No new deaths for 55 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.5%.
- Wabash County: 12 new cases for 3,222 total. 1 new death for 72 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.1%.
- Wells County: 6 new cases for 2,455 total. No new deaths for 69 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.4%.
- Whitley County: 13 new cases for 3,333 total. No new deaths for 34 total. 7-day positivity rate at 12.4%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data.
