Purdue Fort Wayne will be relaxing its face covering requirements beginning on June 28 as more and more of the population is vaccinated against COVID-19.
Face masks will no longer be required indoors for those fully vaccinated, and no longer required outside for anyone, according to a press release issued Monday. Masks have been required since May 2020 to combat the spread of COVID.
Vaccinated members of the PFW community may continue to wear face masks should they choose to do so, and school officials encourage everyone to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
There were a dozen new cases reported in the area on Monday from Sunday, and no new deaths.
Those between the ages of 40 to 49 in northeast Indiana remain the age group with the largest number infected with COVID-19, at 16.1 percent. Only 42.5 percent of that age group is vaccinated statewide.
There are 41 residents of northeast Indiana hospitalized with the illness.
LaGrange County’s vaccination rate inched upward again Monday, to 22.2 percent.
Allen County’s is the highest in the area, with 45 percent of the eligible population fully-vaccinated.
Northeast Indiana totals for June 14:
- Adams County: No new cases for 3,449 total. No new deaths for 55 total. 7-day positivity rate at 0.6%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 32.8%.
- Allen County: 4 new cases for 41,791 total. No new deaths for 691 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.4%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 45%.
- DeKalb County: No new cases for 4,424 total. No new deaths for 85 total. 7-day positivity rate at 3.8%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 38.2%.
- Huntington County: No new cases for 4,022 total. No new deaths for 81 total. 7-day positivity rate at 1%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 44.3%.
- Kosciusko County: 3 new cases for 9,614 total. No new deaths for 119 total. 7-day positivity rate at 1.7%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 35.2%.
- LaGrange County: No new cases for 2,728 total. No new deaths for 72 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.7%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 22.2%.
- Noble County: 2 new cases for 5,801 total. No new deaths for 86 total. 7-day positivity rate at 3.3%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 33.9%.
- Steuben County: No new cases for 3,992 total. No new deaths for 59 total. 7-day positivity rate at 3.9%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 42.3%.
- Wabash County: No new cases for 3,605 total. No new deaths for 83 total. 7-day positivity rate at 2.4%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 36.4%.
- Wells County: 1 new case for 2,951 total. No new deaths for 81 total. 7-day positivity rate at 0.8%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 37.3%.
- Whitley County: 2 new cases for 4,060 total. No new deaths for 42 total. 7-day positivity rate at 3.3%. Eligible population fully vaccinated 42.0%.
Sources include the Indiana Department of Health and local health department data.
