Health officials reported 33 new COVID-19 cases in Monroe County Thursday, down from 60 Wednesday and 46. Wednesday’s cases were the highest in a day since Feb. 3.
The county reported no new deaths Thursday. Only two deaths have been recorded this month. There have been 184 deaths since the pandemic was declared April 2020.
The county’s seven-day positivity rate dropped to 5.1 from 6.0 percent Wednesday. The county has had 13,359 positive cases since the pandemic began.
There are now 109 persons hospitalized with the virus in District 8, which includes Monroe, Brown and Bartholomew counties. That’s up slightly from 104 Wednesday. Hospitalizations hit a low of 12 patients July 15 but topped 100 last week for the first time since Jan. 14.
Monroe County remains in the yellow advisory category. It’s one of only nine counties in the state in yellow, and the only one south of I-70 in yellow. The rest of the state is in the higher orange and red advisory categories. The county is reporting 128 cases per 100,00 residents.
Indiana
New cases of COVID-19 statewide topped 5,000 for the second straight day with 5,027, down 10 from Wednesday’s number, which was the highest since Jan. 9.
The Indiana Department of Health recorded 12 new deaths, bringing the state’s total to 13,915.
The state also reported more than 839,000 total positive cases since the pandemic began.
The state reported 2,108 Hoosiers hospitalized with the virus Thursday, up slightly from Wednesday’s 2,048. That was the first time more than 2,000 Hoosiers were hospitalized with the virus since Jan. 24.
The state’s seven-day positivity rate is 10.9 percent, about where it has hovered all week. The rate has been climbing since a low of 1.9 percent June 22.
Other area counties
VigoCounty remains in orange advisory, indicating higher community spread than its previous yellow ranking.
The county recorded 106 new positive cases Thursday, up from 90 Wednesday and 51 Tuesday. The county has recorded 13,980 cases since the pandemic began.
Health officials reported no new deaths in the county, and the total since the pandemic began remains 261. The county’s seven-day positivity rate dropped to 9.9 percent. It was at 10.7 percent Wednesday.
Hospitalizations in Vigo County area hospitals rose to 99, six higher than Wednesday.
In Bartholomew County, 60 new cases were recorded Thursday, up from 44 Wednesday and 32 Tuesday. The county’s seven-day positivity rate is 9.7 percent.
Health officials recorded no new deaths Thursday for a total of 159 since the pandemic began.
Brown County, remains in red on the state metric map, indicating higher spread. Health officials recorded eight new cases Thursday, up from seven Wednesday. The county recorded no additional deaths to the county’s total of 44. The seven-day positivity rate is 21.2 percent. It was 15.1 percent at the beginning of the week. The county has recorded 1,189 COVID-19 cases.
Lawrence County is also in the red. The county reported 68 new positive cases for a total of 6,003 since the pandemic began. No new deaths were reported, leaving the total at 135. The county has a seven-day positivity rate of 18.3 percent.
