By John Estridge from ISDH data
The good news about the numbers ISDH released about the COVID-19 situation in the Whitewater Valley and the state is there were no more COVID-19-related deaths in the Whitewater Valley.
Other than that, the numbers are sobering to say the least.
For the state, it was a new record at 8,451 positive test results for a total of 244,887. Apparently, the state will go over the quarter million mark Sunday, November 15.
There were 25 deaths for a total of 4,638.
After a couple of days of relatively better numbers in Fayette County, that county was back to almost shocking numbers. Fifty-one people tested positive in Fayette County in numbers released Saturday, November 14. That makes that total 1,222.
Franklin County numbers are also up for that county. Nineteen people tested positive for a total of 524. And Union County has really been hit hard of late and that continues. The ISDH reported 13 people tested positive for a total of 216.
Percentage wise Union County really stands out. The seven-day positivity rate is 19.7 percent. And the seven-day positive rate for unique individuals, people getting the test for the first time, is an astronomical 39.2 percent. To put that in perspective, with the state recording record numbers seemingly every day, its numbers in the same categories are 10.9 and 21.5, respectively.
Like was mentioned earlier, there were no more COVID-19-related deaths in the Whitewater Valley with the numbers remaining: Fayette, 27; Franklin, 25; and Union, one.