By John Estridge from ISDH data
For the second day in a row, Fayette County’s number of positive COVID-19 tests increased by double digits.
The Indiana State Department of Health reported Saturday, September 5, that number increased by a dozen. Today, Sunday, September 6, that number increased by 14 to 375. Thankfully no further COVID-19-related deaths have been reported. That remains at 10.
In Franklin County, after three days of no change in the positive test numbers, two more were reported, bringing that number to 281. As with Fayette County, no further virus-related deaths were reported, leaving that number at 25.
Union County had one more positive test result, raising that county’s total to 68. No COVID-19-related deaths have been reported in Union County.
For the state, there were an additional 851 positive test results, bringing that number to 99,804, meaning the state will go over the 100,000 mark during the Monday, September 7, report. There were two more deaths with that figure now at 3,140.