Health officials reported 21 new local COVID-19 cases today, but no additional deaths in Monroe County yesterday. Twenty-four new cases were reported yesterday. New cases have been rising gradually since June 9 when one positive case was reported.
County officials have tallied 12,761 cases and 180 deaths since the pandemic began 16 months ago. The county’s seven-day positivity rate today is 5.9 percent, down from 6.4 percent yesterday, and down from 6.6 percent Wednesday and Tuesday.
Forty-four persons are hospitalized with the virus in Monroe County, down from 49 yesterday. The last time hospitalizations were higher than that was Feb. 7. Hospitalizations hit a low of 12 patients July 15.
Monroe County reentered the “yellow advisory” on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard last week, as it no longer falls below 10 weekly cases per 100,000 residents. The county reported 97 cases per 100,000 residents today and yesterday, up from 58 Tuesday. Monroe County had been in the “blue advisory” since May, indicating low community viral spread.
State
Indiana health officials reported 2,058 new cases today, topping yesterday’s 1,899 new cases. This is the first 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 nine new deaths Friday, bringing the total to 13,624 since the pandemic began; the state also reported more than 781,000 positive cases.
The state listed 1,017 Hoosiers hospitalized with the virus, up from 977 yesterday, 933 Wednesday, and 985 Tuesday. The last time hospitalizations were higher than today was May 4. State hospitalizations have more than doubled since July.
The state also recorded a seven-day positivity rate of 8.5 percent Friday, up from 8.2 percent Thursday. The state’s seven-day positivity rate has been increasing since a low of 1.9 percent June 22.
The number of people now in the hospital in the U.S. with the virus has more than tripled over the past month, from an average of roughly 12,000 to almost 43,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is still nowhere close to the nearly 124,000 in hospitals at the very peak of the winter surge in January. But health experts say this wave is perhaps more worrying because it has risen more swiftly than prior ones and a larger share of patients this time are young adults.
Vigo County recorded 56 new positive cases today, bringing its total to more than 13,000 since the pandemic began.
Health officials reported no new deaths for the county today, and have 256 deaths recorded since the pandemic began. The county’s seven-day positivity rate today is 7.8 percent.
Fifty people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Vigo County area hospitals today.
In Bartholomew County, 18 new positive cases were recorded today and the county’s seven- day positivity rate is 8.9 percent.
Health officials recorded no new deaths in Bartholomew County, and have recorded 157 total since the pandemic began.
Forty-four people are hospitalized in the county because of COVID-19.
Health officials recorded no new positive cases or deaths in Brown County today. The seven-day positivity rate is 8.8 percent.
The county has recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases and 43 deaths since the pandemic began.
Forty-four people are hospitalized in Brown County with the virus.
