There were two deaths due to COVID-19 in northeast Indiana since Tuesday, none reported on Friday.
According to the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data, there were 111 new cases reported in the same time frame.
LaGrange and Steuben counties are in the “yellow” for community spread of the virus, as determined by the state’s two-pronged measurement that accounts for 7-day positivity rate and cases per 100,000 residents. Yellow is the second-best category.
The rest of northeast Indiana is now in the “blue”, the state’s best category.
LaGrange County finally saw its percentage of those vaccinated and over the age of 13 creep up above 22 percent.
The area’s 7-day positivity rate finishes up the week at 2.6 percent, having seen the lowest totals for average positivity rates since the beginning of the pandemic.
Steuben County’s 7-day positivity rate, however, is up to 7 percent, its highest since late May. It has been on a slight march upward since the beginning of June, according to state data.
Northeast Indiana data for June 11:
- Adams County: 1 new case for 3,448 total. No new deaths for 55 total. 7-day positivity rate at 1.4%. Percentage of eligible population fully-vaccinated 32.7%.
- Allen County: 10 new cases for 41,755 total. No new deaths for 691 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.6%. Percentage of eligible population fully-vaccinated 44.5%.
- DeKalb County: 4 new cases for 4,421 total. No new deaths for 85 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.9%. Percentage of eligible population fully-vaccinated 37.9%.
- Huntington County: 2 new cases for 4,021 total. No new deaths for 81 total. 7-day positivity rate at 1.1%. Percentage of eligible population fully-vaccinated 44%.
- Kosciusko County: 3 new cases for 9,606 total. No new deaths for 119 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.3%. Percentage of eligible populations fully-vaccinated 34.9%.
- LaGrange County: 0 new cases for 2,726 total. No new deaths for 72 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.6%. Percentage of eligible populations fully-vaccinated 22.2%.
- Noble County: 10 new cases for 5,764 total. No new deaths for 86 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.5%. Percentage of eligible populations fully-vaccinated 33.7%.
- Steuben County: 2 new cases for 3,981 total. No new deaths for 59 total. 7-day positivity rate at 7%. Percentage of eligible populations fully-vaccinated 42.1%.
- Wabash County: No new cases for 3,604 total. No new deaths for 82 total. 7-day positivity rate at 3.6%. Percentage of eligible populations fully-vaccinated 36.1%.
- Wells County: No new cases for 2,948 total. No new deaths for 81 total. 7-day positivity rate at 0.5%. Percentage of eligible populations fully-vaccinated 37.7%.
- Whitley County: 2 new cases for 4,056 total. No new deaths for 42 total. 7-day positivity rate at 3.4%. Percentage of eligible populations fully-vaccinated 41.8%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data.