Health officials reported 19 new Monroe County COVID-19 cases Tuesday, down from 27 Monday and 21 Friday. No additional deaths were reported. The average number of new daily cases have been rising gradually since June 9 when one positive case was reported.
County officials have tallied 12,851 cases and 182 deaths since the pandemic began nearly 17 months ago. The county’s seven-day positivity rate today is 5.7 percent, up from 5.6 percent Monday, but down from 5.9 percent Friday, and 6.4 percent Thursday.
Sixty-one persons are hospitalized with the virus in Monroe County, up from 53 Monday, 44 Friday, and 49 Thursday. Monday’s hospitalization rates brought the county back to February rates. The last time more people were hospitalized with COVID-19 was February 5. Hospitalizations hit a low of 12 patients July 15. This time last year, there were 54 people hospitalized with COVID-19 locally.
Monroe County reentered the “yellow advisory” on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard two weeks ago, as it no longer falls below 10 weekly cases per 100,000 residents. The county reported 97 cases per 100,000 residents Tuesday, up from 58 last Tuesday. Monroe County had been in the “blue advisory” since May, indicating low community viral spread.
Indiana
Officials reported 2,234 new cases Tuesday in the state, up from 1,208 new cases Monday and 2,058 new cases Friday. This is the second time newly reported cases have surpassed 2,000 in more than three months. Newly reported cases have spiked through July and August.
The Indiana Department of Health reported 27 new deaths Tuesday, bringing the total to 13,661. The state also reported more than 788,000 positive cases.
The state listed 1,318 Hoosiers hospitalized with the virus Tuesday, up from 1,161 Hoosiers Monday, 1,017 Friday, and 977 Thursday. The last time hospitalizations were higher than Tuesday was Feb. 5. State hospitalizations have tripled since July.
The state also recorded a seven-day positivity rate of 9.2 percent up from 9 percent Monday, up 8.5 percent Friday, and 8.2 percent Thursday. The state’s seven-day positivity rate has been increasing since a low of 1.9 percent June 22.
Other area counties
Vigo Countyrecorded 51 new positive cases Tuesday, up from 18 Monday, and down from 56 Friday. The county’s recorded more than 13,200 cases since the pandemic began.
Health officials reported one new death in the county and have 257 deaths recorded since the pandemic began. The county’s seven-day positivity rate Tuesday is 6.8 percent, up from 6.4 percent Monday, but down from 7.8 percent Friday.
Seventy-four are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Vigo County area hospitals, which is ten more than Tuesday. Friday, 50 people were hospitalized in the county.
In Bartholomew County, 17 new cases were recorded Tuesday, down from 23 cases Monday, and 18 on Friday. The county’s seven-day positivity rate is 10.5 percent, down from 10.6 percent Monday, but up from 8.9 percent Friday.
Health officials recorded no new deaths in Bartholomew County, and have recorded 157 total since the pandemic began.
Sixty-one people are hospitalized in the county because of COVID-19, up from 53 Monday and 44 Friday.
In Brown County, health officials recorded four new positive cases Tuesday and no additional deaths. Yesterday, the county reported one case. The seven-day positivity rate is 5.4 percent, up from 3.9 percent Monday, and down from 8.8 percent Friday.
The county has recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases and 43 deaths since the pandemic began.
Brown County is in District 8, along with Bartholomew County for hospitalizations, so it has the same recorded number.
