The COVID-19 dashboard for northeast Indiana changed little on Thursday.
Only LaGrange, Noble and Adams counties remain in the state’s best category for community spread, based on 7-day positivity rates and cases per 100,000 residents, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
Wells County is again in the “orange”, the state’s second-worst category. The remainder of northeast Indiana is in the yellow, or second-best category.
The 7-day positivity rate is up to 6 percent in northeast Indiana, a full 2 percent higher than the state overall.
Hospitalizations in the area are down to 50, however, and remain far lower than during the height of the worst of the coronavirus surge late last year.
Statewide mask mandates and other restrictions are set to expire, in spite of concerns raised by federal officials over the risk of increasing COVID-19 numbers.
Indiana’s numbers have slowly climbed upwards in recent weeks, both in 7-day positivity rates and hospitalizations.
Statewide, those between the ages of 20-29 make up 18.3 percent of the COVID-19 infections.
Northeast Indiana totals for April 1:
- Adams County: 1 new case for 3,338 total. No new deaths for 51 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.8%. Total of county fully vaccinated 14.9%.
- Allen County: 79 new cases for 37,976 total. No new deaths for 663 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.5%. Total of county fully vaccinated 14.7%.
- DeKalb County: 2 new cases for 4,012 total. No new deaths for 78 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.8%. Total of county fully vaccinated 15.0%.
- Huntington County: 7 new cases for 3,677 total. 1 new deaths for 80 total. 7-day positivity rate at 3.9%. Total of county fully vaccinated 19.4%.
- Kosciusko County: 23 new cases for 8,865 total. No new deaths for 112 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.2%. Total of county fully vaccinated 13.1%.
- LaGrange County: 1 new case for 2,467 total. No new deaths for 70 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.3%. Total of county fully vaccinated 9.4%.
- Noble County: 3 new cases for 5,254 total. No new deaths for 80 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.8%. Total of county fully vaccinated at 13.7%.
- Steuben County: 9 new cases for 3,519 total. No new deaths for 57 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.9%. Total of county fully vaccinated at 22.5%.
- Wabash County: 1 new cases for 3,420 total. No new deaths for 77 total. 7-day positivity rate at 5.3%. Total of county fully vaccinated at 18.3%.
- Wells County: 13 new cases for 2,782 total. 1 new death for 80 total. 7-day positivity rate at 9.3%. Total of county fully vaccinated at 16.8%.
- Whitley County: 7 new cases for 3,653 total. No new deaths for 40 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.1%. Total of county fully vaccinated at 17.6%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data.
