Fayette County is only county of the three counties in the Whitewater Valley to show an increase in COVID-19 numbers

By John Estridge from ISDH data

Fayette County is the only one of the three counties in the Whitewater Valley to show any increases in the COVID-19 positive test results Tuesday, September 15.

Fayette County’s positive test results were increased by two, giving the county 400 positive test results.

Franklin and Union counties’ totals of positive test results remained at 289 and 75, respectively.

All three counties saw no increases in deaths, leaving those numbers at 25 for Franklin County, 13 for Fayette County and zero for Union County.

In the state statistics, there were 758 new positive test results, making that number 107,229. There were also 20 more deaths attributable to the virus. That total is now at 3,235.