By John Estridge from ISDH data
Fayette County reported two deaths attributed to COVID-19, according to information on the Indiana State Department of Health website for Tuesday, November 3.
That brings the total of deaths in Fayette County attributed to the virus at 25, one less than Franklin County’s 26.
Fayette County had an additional 20 positive test results for a total of 971. Among the statistics ISDH collects is a percentage of positive tests over a seven-day period both for overall tests and unique individuals. Some people take more than one test over that time period. The time period in question is from October 21 through October 27. The overall test percentage for Fayette County is 21.4 percent while the percentage on unique individuals over that same time is 31.6 percent.
The only county with a worse rate is Union County, which has a 34.3 percent for unique individuals and 17.2 percent overall.
Union County had one positive test result recorded for Tuesday, making its total 137. Franklin County had five for a total of 417. Its percentages are 8.3 and 13.6 percent, respectively.
Franklin and Union counties did not have COVID-19-related deaths recorded on Tuesday, leaving their totals: Franklin, 26; and Union, zero.
Indiana was below the 3,000 mark for positive test results, but barely at 2,951 for a total of 188,066. There were an additional 50 deaths attributed to the virus, making that total 4,199.