Northeast Indiana continues to go “blue” on the Indiana coronavirus dashboard, demonstrating continued improvement in COVID-19 numbers.
Even though positivity rates have gone up in many counties over the past couple of days, the scores are also based on cases per 100,000 and the numbers of new cases remains low, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
There are only 40 northeast Indiana residents hospitalized with the illness, and only 4 percent of the region’s ICU beds are occupied by COVID patients.
The area’s 7-day positivity rate is at 4.6 percent, which is up slightly from Wednesday.
However, only DeKalb, Steuben, Noble, Huntington and Whitley counties remain in the yellow for community spread. That is the state’s second-best designation.
The remainder of northeast Indiana’s counties are in the blue.
One additional death was reported Thursday in Allen County, and there were 100 new positive cases reported in northeast Indiana.
Across Indiana, influenza activity remains far below the baseline for this time of year, and only four deaths due to the illness have been reported.
The CDC has attributed the decline in part to efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, such as masking and social distancing.
Northeast Indiana totals:
- Adams County: 3 new cases for 3,286 total. No new deaths for 50 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.2%.
- Allen County: 58 new cases for 36,474 total. 1 new death for 648 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.8%.
- DeKalb County: 3 new cases for 3,930 total. No new deaths for 77 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.8%.
- Huntington County: 5 new cases for 3,532 total. No new deaths for 78 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.7%.
- Kosciusko County: 2 new cases for 8,624 total. No new deaths for 112 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.1%.
- LaGrange County: No new cases for 2,430 total. No new deaths for 70 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.6%.
- Noble County: 2 new cases for 5,148 total. No new deaths for 78 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.1%.
- Steuben County: 3 new cases for 3,416 total. No new deaths for 57 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.5%.
- Wabash County: 3 new cases for 3,345 total. No new deaths for 76 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.5%.
- Wells County: 6 new cases for 2,615 total. No new deaths for 76 total. 7-day positivity rate at at 2.1%.
- Whitley County: 5 new cases for 3,543 total. No new deaths for 39 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local departments of health data.
