Four more deaths due to COVID-19 were reported in northeast Indiana, three in Allen County and one in Noble County.
Eighty-seven new cases were reported Tuesday, and the area’s positivity rate for the past seven days stands at 6 percent, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
There were 50 people hospitalized in the area due to COVID-19, and ICU capacity stands at about 32 percent.
Indiana’s mask mandate expired Tuesday, though a number of agencies, organizations and governmental bodies are still requiring them, as are a number of businesses, including restaurants.
Statewide, the 7-day positivity rate stands at 4.5 percent, and there are 706 Hoosiers hospitalized with the illness.
Wells County is again in the orange, the state’s second-worst category for community spread of COVID-19.
The categories are determined by 7-day positivity rates and cases per 100,000 residents.
Only Noble, Adams and LaGrange counties remain in the state’s best category. The remainder of the area is in the yellow, the state’s second-best category.
Northeast Indiana totals for April 6:
- Adams County: No new cases for 3,356 total. No new deaths for 52 total. 7-day positivitiy rate at 3.8%. Total of county population fully vaccinated at 22.5%.
- Allen County: 42 new cases for 38,308 total. 3 new deaths for 666 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.6%. Total of county population fully vaccinated at 20.8%.
- DeKalb County: 2 new cases for 4,031 total. No new deaths for 82 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.8%. Total of county population fully vaccinated at 20.1%.
- Huntington County: 4 new cases for 3,695 total. No new deaths for 80 total. 7-day positvity rate at 2.4%. Total of county population fully vaccinated at 25.3%.
- Kosciusko County: 18 new cases for 8,924 total. No new deaths for 112 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.2%. Total of county population fully vaccinated at 17.7%.
- LaGrange County: 3 new cases for 2,477 total. No new deaths for 70 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.0%. Total of county population fully vaccinated at 13.9%.
- Noble County: 5 new cases for 5,291 total. 1 new death for 82 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.6%. Total of county population fully vaccinated at 29%.
- Steuben County: 3 new cases for 3,544 total. No new deaths for 57 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.9%. Total of county population fully vaccinated at 23.2%.
- Wabash County: 1 new case for 3,428 total. No new deaths for 77 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.2%. Total of county population fully vaccinated at 23.2%.
- Wells County: 6 new cases for 2,811 total. No new deaths for 80 total. 7-day positivity rate at 9.2%. Total of county population fully vaccinated at 22.1%.
- Whitley County: 3 new cases for 3,680 total. No new deaths for 39 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.8%. Total of county population fully vaccinated at 25.3%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data.
