Ten new deaths due to COVID-19 were reported in northeast Indiana on Tuesday, along with 199 new cases.
The area’s 7-day positivity rate has gone back up, to 10.6 percent, but the number of tests administered has dropped consistently since late September.
Three deaths were reported in Allen County, two deaths in Adams, DeKalb and Wabash counties, and one death in Wells County, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
There are 170 area residents hospitalized with the virus.
Indiana shares a common trend across many states as first-time vaccination rates remain stalled.
There were only 3,315 new fully-vaccinated Hoosiers on Tuesday, but nearly 7,000 Indiana residents received their COVID booster shots.
LaGrange County remains at 26 percent of the eligible population fully vaccinated, and Allen County is approaching 58 percent.
The highly-contagious Delta variant now accounts for 99.6 percent of the new cases throughout Indiana.
Northeast Indiana totals for Oct. 19:
- Adams County: 9 new cases for 4,768 total. 2 new deaths for 75 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.8%. Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated 39.3%.
- Allen County: 79 new cases for 57,517 total. 3 new deaths for 796 total. 7-day positivity rate at 9.7%. Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated 57.8%.
- DeKalb County: 13 new cases for 6,276 total. 2 new deaths for 99 total. 7-day positivity rate at 12.7%. Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated 44.6%.
- Huntington County: 14 new cases for 6,353 total. No new deaths for 99 total. 7-day positivity rate at 6.5%. Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated 49.1%.
- Kosciusko County: 19 new cases for 12,235 total. No new deaths for 147 total. 7-day positivity rate at 11.3%. Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated 44.4%.
- LaGrange County: 5 new cases for 3,549 total. No new deaths for 78 total. 7-day positivity rate at 23.3%. Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated 26.1%.
- Noble County: 7 new cases for 7,985 total. No new deaths for 106 total. 7-day positivity rate at 14.6%. Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated43.3%.
- Steuben County: 24 new cases for 5,570 total. No new deaths for 75 total. 7-day positivity rate at 12.9%. Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated 48%.
- Wabash County: 10 new cases for 5,289 total. 2 new deaths for 103 total. 7-day positivity rate at 14.1%. Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated 43.5%.
- Wells County: 8 new cases for 4,217 total. 1 new death for 88 total. 7-day positivity rate at 12.7%. Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated 45.4%.
- Whitley County: 11 new cases for 5,615 total. No new deaths for 55 total. 7-day positivity rate at 10.5%. Percentage of eligible population fully vaccinated 47.9%,
