Franklin County positive COVID-19 cases increase by another six in one day, meaning the positive case number has increased by about 55 percent since July 1

By John Estridge

Before I write this short article, I want to go out of my reporter mode and enter into my fired editor mode. After I was fired, and the shutdown hit, I watched and read the news like it was a World Series game, and the Reds were in the World Series. I was glued to the TV. I read every article I could find from different sources: Fox, CNN, BBC and others. I could not get enough. Then, I began to feel as many expressed on Facebook that the media was over-hyping the virus.

And let me tell you, I do not want to do that. But I just looked at the new numbers released for Franklin County by the Indiana Department of Health (IDH) for Thursday, July 30. And that led to this article. I apologize to those who may think I am overhyping this, but as a person living and working in FC, I find this disturbing.

Now, back to being a reporter:

The Indiana Department of Health released its tabulation for the total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the county. The increase is another six over Wednesday, July 29’s numbers. As of Thursday, the county has 187 total COVID-19 positive cases. Wednesday it was 181. On July 1, it was 121.

Editorial comment: The only person I know who is worse at math than me is my OLDER sister Karen.

Reporter: However, that is an increase of about 55 percent this month. Franklin County Health Department, through the FC COVID-19 Task Force, has promised to put out tracking information on where the people may be acquiring the virus. But to this point, that has not happened.