Marshall County and Starke County continue to be in the yellow status on the state’s County Metrics Map which indicates a moderate community spread of COVID-19. Pulaski County is in the blue status which indicates low community spread of COVID-19. La Porte County remains in the orange status which shows a high community spread of COVID-19.
Continue readingIndiana Department of Health officials reported 39 new COVID-19 deaths in the state in Monday’s coronavirus update and one of the deaths occurred in Starke County.
Continue readingFour more residents have died from COVID-19 in the tri-county area and case numbers continue to increase.
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The Indiana Department of Health is taking the fight against a mosquito-borne virus to the air. As mentioned on Our site, aerial pesticide applications are planned for next week, in an area that includes parts of Marshall and LaPorte counties. It’s part of the state’s effort to control the Eastern equine encephalitis virus.
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State health officials urge residents to protect themselves from mosquitoes, after a probable case of Eastern equine encephalitis was reported in a LaPorte County resident.
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New COVID-19 cases continue to be reported in Marshall, Starke, and Pulaski counties. Another seven Marshall County residents have tested positive, according to Monday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. That brings the county’s total to 965.
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A study into the prevalence of COVID-19 in Indiana is about to enter its third phase, and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box is urging selected residents to take part.
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The Indiana State Department of Health is getting ready for a COVID-19 vaccine. State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box says state health officials are scheduled to meet with the CDC today to discuss the official rollout.
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Indiana is expected to add another 95 COVID-19 testing sites in the next few weeks. State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box announced Wednesday that her department is using CARES Act funding to provide grants to help local health departments boost testing efforts.
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The number of COVID-19 cases in Indiana has now surpassed 100,000. The Indiana State Department of Health reported almost 600 new cases statewide Monday. Locally, Marshall County had four new cases for a total of 931, while the number of cases in Starke County increased by two, bringing the total to 217.
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Another Marshall County resident has tested positive for COVID-19. That brings the county’s total up to 927, out of more than 10,000 residents who’ve been tested, according to Sunday’s update from the Indiana State Department of Health. No new cases were reported in Starke or Pulaski counties.
Continue readingTen more Marshall County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. That brings the county’s total up to 926, according to Saturday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health. The county’s seven-day positivity rate is 1.3 percent, according to the state’s calculations, but that rate increases to seven percent when limited to unique individuals.
Continue readingSix more Marshall County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. That means 916 of the county’s residents have tested positive for the coronavirus since March, according to Friday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health. Starke County added one positive case for a total of 215.
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State health officials are addressing skepticism about how big a role COVID-19 actually plays in the deaths attributed to it. State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box says a recent data report from the National Center for Health Statistics about what death certificates say about deaths from COVID-19 has been widely misinterpreted on social media.
Continue readingMarshall County’s COVID-19 case count has now surpassed 900. The Indiana State Department of Health says 901 Marshall County residents have tested positive since the start of the pandemic, according to Wednesday’s update. That’s an increase of six from Tuesday. Starke County also added another case, for a total of 213.
Continue readingTwo more Starke County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. That brings the county’s total up to 212, according to Tuesday’s update from the Indiana State Department of Health. The state has calculated Starke County’s seven-day positivity rate at 5.2 percent for all tests but 11.5 percent when limited to unique individuals.
Continue readingAnother seven Marshall County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. That brings the total up to 895, according to Monday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health. According to the state’s ZIP code breakdowns, 552 of those cases have been from the Plymouth area, while 138 were in the 46506 ZIP code, which includes the Town of Bremen.
Continue readingThe Indiana State Department of Health reported Sunday that 880 additional residents in the state have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing. The total number of Hoosiers who have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus is now 93,313.
Continue readingMore tests in Marshall County, Starke County and Pulaski County are coming back with positive COVID-19 results.
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