Two more area counties are in the “blue” for COVID-19 spread, putting them in the “safest” designation according to the Indiana Department of Health.
Adams and Kosciusko counties joined LaGrange with decreasing 7-day positivity rates and overall positive case numbers.
Only two northeast Indiana counties, Whitley and Huntington, remain in the state’s “orange” category, the second-most serious for risk of community spread.
No new deaths were reported around the area on Wednesday, and only 14 statewide.
There were 129 new cases reported in the area on Wednesday. The area’s overall positivity rate for the past seven days dropped to 6 percent.
Indiana’s 7-day positivity rate is down to 4.1 percent, and there are 886 people hospitalized around the state with the illness, with 82 of those individuals in northeast Indiana.
Steuben County has the highest 7-day positivity rate in the area, with 10.1 percent.
Allen County announced plans to serve nearly twice as many residents at their vaccine clinic in early March with the addition of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Using the Moderna vaccine, the clinic is handling about 1,200 appointments each week. By switching to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, county officials hope to be able to handle an additional 1,200 appointments each week.
Currently, the COVID-19 vaccine is available to Hoosiers 60 and older, as well as health care workers and first responders.
Northeast Indiana COVID-19 totals for Feb. 24:
- Adams County: 5 new cases for 3,207 total. No new deaths for 49 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4%.
- Allen County: 62 new cases for 35,699 total. No new deaths for 632 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.1%.
- DeKalb County: 8 new cases for 3,864 total. No new deaths for 75 total. 7-day positivity rate at 8.8%.
- Huntington County: 11 new cases for 3,362 total. No new deaths for 76 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.3%.
- Kosciusko County: 5 new cases for 8,519 total. No new deaths for 107 total. 7-day positivity rate at 3.5%.
- LaGrange County: 1 new case for 2,402 total. No new deaths for 70 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.4%.
- Noble County: 8 new cases for 5,075 total. No new deaths for 75 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.7%.
- Steuben County: 4 new cases for 3,363 total. No new deaths for 55 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.1%.
- Wabash County: 8 new cases for 3,295 total. No new deaths for 75 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.7%.
- Wells County: 7 new cases for 2,560 total. No new deaths for 74 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.4%.
- Whitley County: 10 new cases for 3,472 total. No new deaths for 35 total. 7-day positivity rate at 9.8%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data.