The majority of positive COVID-19 cases in Hoosier schools is among the population eligible for vaccination, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
The coronavirus vaccine is available to children and teens ages 12 and up, and that remains the lowest percentage of Indiana’s eligible population fully vaccinated.
And according to new data tracking cases as schools reopen around the state, it is Indiana’s teenagers - between the ages of 15 and 19 - that make up most of the positive COVID cases.
There were 466 new cases reported among students in Indiana on Friday, according to the state’s dashboard.
And the case counts vary widely in northeast Indiana schools.
There were 43 new student positive cases at East Noble High School, with a student population of 1,100. The school has been in e-learning from Friday until Wednesday, with no extra-curricular activities.
There are seven new cases at South Side High School in Fort Wayne, an ethnically-diverse school with an enrollment of 1,415.
Fort Wayne Community Schools has a mask requirement in place to start the new school year. East Noble Community Schools Corporation does not.
One new death was reported in Allen County on Monday from Sunday, and the area saw 343 new cases of the virus reported on Monday.
All of northeast Indiana remains in the state’s second-worst category for spread of the virus, with the exception of LaGrange County, which is in the second-best. The categories are determined by cases per 100,000 residents and 7-day positivity rates.
Northeast Indiana totals:
- Adams County: 20 new cases for 4,062 total. No new deaths for 61 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7.1%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 36.5%.
- Allen County: 180 new cases for 48,809 total. 1 new death for 716 total. 7-day positivity rate at 11.7%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 54.1%.
- DeKalb County: 13 new cases for 5,136 total. No new deaths for 89 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.9%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 41.5%.
- Huntington County: 22 new cases for 5,444 total. No new deaths for 86 total. 7-day positivity rate at 12.9%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 45.9%.
- Kosciusko County: 11 new cases for 10,427 total. No new deaths for 127 total. 7-day positivity rate at 8.8%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 41.1%.
- LaGrange County: 3 new cases for 2,900 total. No new deaths for 73 total. 7-day positivity rate at 9.7%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 24.8%.
- Noble County: 27 new cases for 6,695 total. No new deaths for 96 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.2%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 40.1%.
- Steuben County: 15 new cases for 4,532 total. No new deaths for 64 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.9%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 45.6%.
- Wabash County: 22 new cases for 4,315 total. No new deaths for 86 total. 7-day positivity rate at 11.3%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 40.5.%
- Wells County: 13 new cases for 3,425 total. No new deaths for 81 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.5%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 42.4%.
- Whitley County: 18 new cases for 4,715 total. No new deaths for 48 total. 7-day positivity rate at 12.6%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 44.7%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data.
