The Indiana Department of Health announced that 1,172 additional Indiana residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19 which is a lesser increase than in the past several days. The new total number of cases in the state is 139,269.
Marshall County had another 10 cases of COVID-19 in Wednesday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health to increase the total number to 1,218. Starke County had another eight cases to increase the overall total to 354 and Pulaski County had one new case for a cumulative total of 125.
Patients are in varying stages of recovering from the virus and fighting the virus. Thirty-four people in the tri-county area have died from COVID-19.
The state reported 14 new COVID-19 deaths.
In this week’s color-coded map of COVID-19 spread, Starke County is now coded orange which means a high rate of community spread. Marshall County is coded yellow which indicates moderate community spread and Pulaski County is coded blue which means minimal community spread. The positivity rates are trending upward.
The Department of Health assigns each county a color based on the average of scores assigned for the number of weekly cases per 100,000 and its seven-day positivity rate. The overall county score will help guide the Indiana Department of Health, local partners, and residents as they make the best decisions possible to protect their communities and limit the spread of COVID-19.
