By John Estridge from ISDH data
Fayette County had an additional COVID-19-related death in numbers reported Saturday, December 5 to the ISDH.
That brings that county’s total to 40.
Franklin County had 25 more positive test results, leading the three counties of Franklin, Fayette and Union. Franklin County’s total number of positive test cases is now 841. Fayette County had an additional dozen for 1,691 and Union County had just two for 314.
Franklin County has a seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals, people taking the test for the first time, of 46.4 percent. That means almost half of the people in Franklin County taking the test for the first time are positive for the virus.
Franklin and Union counties did not record any virus-related deaths so their respective totals remain 28 and two, respectively.
Indiana recorded an additional 7,793 positive test results for 375,019 and 78 deaths for 5,910.
