Steuben, Whitley and Noble counties are a whisker away from ending up back in the “orange” on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard, according to recent data.
Indiana ranks counties for community spread for the virus using a two-pronged metric that includes cases per 100,000 residents and 7-day positivity rates.
The highest ranking, or “blue” ranking is a score from zero to 0.5. Yellow, the next best rank, are scored between 0.5 and 1.5.
Those three northeast Indiana counties are at 1.5 with scores predicted to rise, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
Over the past few days, all three counties have seen big jumps in 7-day positivity rates.
LaGrange County is scored at 1, still in the yellow, but saw a 7-day positivity rate of 11.0 on Friday, according to state data.
Indiana reports that 1.5 million residents are now fully-vaccinated against COVID-19.
Steuben County reports 33.1 percent of its population fully vaccinated, and LaGrange County has the lowest total with 17.3 percent.
Northeast Indiana totals for April 16:
- Adams County: 3 new cases for 3,378 total. No new deaths for 52 total. 7-day positivity rate at 1.4%. Percentage of county fully-vaccinated 26.4%.
- Allen County: 118 new cases for 39,159 total. No new deaths for 667 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.4%. Percentage of county fully-vaccinated 27.1%.
- DeKalb County: 13 new cases for 4,115 total. No new deaths for 84 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.3%. Percentage of county fully-vaccinated 23.4%.
- Huntington County: 5 new cases for 3,774 total. No new deaths for 80 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.9%. Percentage of county fully-vaccinated 29.7%.
- Kosciusko County: 30 new cases for 9,098 total. No new deaths for 113 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.6%. Percentage of county fully-vaccinated 22.6%.
- LaGrange County: 5 new cases for 2,521 total. No new deaths for 70 total. 7-day positivity rate at 11%. Percentage of county fully-vaccinated 17.3%.
- Noble County: 16 new cases for 5,393 total. No new deaths for 83 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.8%. Percentage of county fully-vaccinated 22.3%.
- Steuben County: 8 new cases for 3,633 total. No new deaths for 57 total. 7-day positivity rate at 9.8%. Percentage of county fully-vaccinated 33.1%.
- Wabash County: 7 new cases for 3,473 total. No new deaths for 77 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.2%. Percentage of county fully-vaccinated 26.2%.
- Wells County: 4 new cases for 2,855 total. 1 new death for 81 total. 7-day positivity rate at 4.5%. Percentage of county fully-vaccinated 25.5%.
- Whitley County: 8 new cases for 3,763 total. No new deaths for 39 total. 7-day positivity rate at 11%. Percentage of county fully-vaccinated 26.6%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data.
