Franklin County and Union County positive COVID-19 test results up slightly while neighboring Fayette County has an additional death listed as COVID-19 related

By John Estridge from ISDH data

Franklin County’s number of positive COVID-19 test results increased by two to 276, while Union County’s went up by one to 64.

No new COVID-19-related deaths have been reported in either county with the numbers remaining 25 and zero, respectively.

However, adjacent Fayette County is still dealing with an uptick in numbers. A death was reported for COVID-19-related reasons, raising that county’s death total to nine. Positive COVID-19 test results were increased by five to 331.

At the state level, the numbers are 721 additional positive test results to bring that number up to 94,891 and 16 new deaths, making that number 3,093.