By John Estridge from ISDH data
Fayette County recorded its 26th death related to COVID-19, according to ISDH data released on Thursday, November 5.
It is an addition of one death over Wednesday’s total.
Indiana blew through its own one-day COVID-19 positive test results record with 4,462. It is almost 600 more than the old record set last week. The total is now 196,176. And there were 45 more virus-related deaths in the state for a total of 4,269.
Union County had some bad COVID-19-related positive test numbers. There were six reported based on only 13 tests, for almost 50 percent. Its overall total is now 151. Franklin County had an additional five positive test results for a total of 426. Fayette County had 31 for a total of 1,038. Franklin County and Union County did not have any additional virus-related deaths, leaving their totals at 26 and zero, respectively.