Monroe County moved to the “orange” advisory on the state map Wednesday, indicating higher levels of spread than its previous “yellow” ranking – where it had been since July. It was the last county in the state in yellow south of I-70.
Indiana health officials are reporting 51 new COVID-19 cases Thursday up from 40 Wednesday and 41 Tuesday in Monroe County. On Aug. 25, the county recorded 60 new cases, the highest number of new cases in a day since Feb. 3.
The county confirmed no new deaths Thursday and county’s total number since the pandemic began remains at 190.
The county’s seven-day positivity rate is 5.8 percent Thursday, down from 5.9 Wednesday and up from 5.6 percent Tuesday and 5.1 percent Monday. The county has recorded 14,186 positive cases since the pandemic began.
Currently, in District 8, which includes Monroe, Brown, and Bartholomew counties, there are 118 people hospitalized with COVID-19. That’s down from 118 and 124Wednesday. Hospitalizations increased in the area from a low of 12 in July, but dropped this week from September’s more than 8-month high of 138.
Monroe County’s cases per 100,000 is up to 200 after reporting 181 last week.
The Monroe County Community School Corp. reported 7 new COVID-19 cases Sept. 15. Two of which were from people not in an MCCSC building.
Indiana
The state recorded 4,157 new cases Thursday, down from 4,733 Wednesday, but up from 3,580 Tuesday. It’s lower than 5,476 recorded Friday, which is the most cases confirmed in the state in a day since Jan. 8.
The Indiana Department of Health confirmed 31 new deaths Thursday which happened between September 3 and September 15. The state has confirmed a total of 14,581 deaths since the pandemic began.
The state also reported 922,320 positive cases since the pandemic began.
The state reported 2,524 Hoosiers hospitalized with the virus Thursday, 2,527 Wednesday, and 2,687 Tuesday. Hospitalizations topped 2,000 three weeks ago for the first time since Jan. 24 and have not dipped below since then. Tuesday marks the most hospitalizations since Jan. 7 when they exceeded 2,700.
The state’s seven-day positivity rate increased to 11.9 percent Thursday after remaining at 11.8 Tuesday and Wednesday. The positivity rate remained at 11.6 percent most of last week. The positivity rate hit a low of 1.9 percent June 22.
Breakthrough Cases
Breakthrough cases are COVID-19 infections that happen in fully vaccinated people. The state updates this dashboard every Thursday.
So far, of the 3,188,168 fully vaccinated people in Indiana – there have been more than 28,790 breakthrough cases. That’s an increase from 22,666 last week.
The state has confirmed 640 breakthrough hospitalizations, up from 523. Breakthrough deaths are now up to 183, up from 144 last week.
Of the breakthrough deaths, 91 percent happened in people 65 years or older.
In Monroe County, the percent of vaccinated individuals 12 years old and up is almost 60 percent.
The rate at which unvaccinated people are getting infected in the county is 6,370 per 100,000, up from 6,019 last week.
