There were no changes to county scores on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard on Monday, but there were some elevated positivity rates in northeast Indiana from over the weekend.
No new deaths were reported from Friday into Sunday, according to state and local health department data.
A number of area counties saw their 7-day positivity rate scores inch back up over 5 percent. The number of individuals receiving COVID-19 tests remains at its lowest since last May.
The state’s dashboard tracks not only the 7-day positivity scores, but also the number of cases per 100,000, providing context for the rate of positivity.
Those scores give the counties their color code: blue for the best, followed by yellow, orange and red for the most at risk for community spread.
Five northeast Indiana counties remain in the yellow: Steuben, DeKalb, Whitley, Noble and Huntington counties.
The rest are now in the blue.
The area’s positivity rate for the past 7 days is at 4.8 percent. There are 37 northeast Indiana residents hospitalized with COVID-19, among the 610 statewide.
Northeast Indiana totals for March 13-15:
- Adams County: 7 new cases for 3,293 total. No new deaths for 50 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.1%
- Allen County: 180 new cases for 36,753 total. No new deaths for 649 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.2%.
- DeKalb County: 10 new cases for 3,943 total. No new deaths for 77 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.4%.
- Huntington County: 20 new cases for 3,569 total. No new deaths for 78 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.2%.
- Kosciusko County: 21 new cases for 8,652 total. No new deaths for 112 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2%.
- LaGrange County: 11 new cases for 2,442 total. No new deaths for 70 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.5%.
- Noble County: 16 new cases for 5,171 total. No new deaths for 79 total. 7-day positivity rate at 3.3%.
- Steuben County: 16 new cases for 3,434 total. No new deaths for 57 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5%.
- Wabash County: 6 new cases for 3,358 total. No new deaths for 77 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.8%.
- Wells County: 22 new cases for 2,648 total. No new deaths for 78 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.5%.
- Whitley County: 17 new cases for 3,563 total. No new deaths for 39 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data.
