By John Estridge with ISDH’s reported numbers
Editorial comment: I’m having a cynical day regarding COVID-19 official numbers.
According to Indiana State Department of Health numbers, Fayette County increased the most concerning the number of positive COVID-19 tests with an additional eight, making that total number 412.
The good news is today, like several days before this, the three counties in the Whitewater Valley did not have any more deaths attributable to COVID-19. Those totals remain 25 in Franklin County, 13 in Fayette County and zero in Union County.
Franklin County recorded one more positive test result with that total number now 293. Union County did not have any, keeping its number at 76.
ISDH put out a disclaimer with its total state numbers. This is the disclaimer: “A laboratory reporting error has been corrected. This correction resulted in the addition of 462 positive cases, 1,628 tested individuals, and 2,067 tests administered to today’s counts.”
So, the state listed its number of new positive tests at 1,499, which brings that total to 109,683. Deaths increased by 17 to 3,270. The county numbers on positive tests are reportedly through September 16.