Good news for almost everyone regarding COVID-19 in Whitewater Valley and state

By John Estridge from ISDH data

There was good news for the three Whitewater Valley counties and the state regarding the COVID-19 virus.

In the Whitewater Valley, only Union County saw an increase in the number of positive test results, and that was just one to bring its total up to 81. Franklin and Fayette counties’ totals remained at 319 and 430, respectively.

And there were no deaths associated with the virus in the three counties leaving the counties’ totals at: Franklin, 25; Fayette, 14; and Union, zero.

For the state, its number of positive test results dropped to less than 1,000 for the first time in several days. There were an additional 835, making that total 125,976. And there were seven additional deaths attributable to COVID-19. That total is now 3,454.