By John Estridge from ISDH data
Apparently, positive COVID-19 test results are delayed getting to the Indiana State Department of Health.
Franklin County High School is closed Wednesday, September 16, as six students tested positive and more than 150 students were placed in quarantine. This prompted the high school to go on a hybrid scheduling system with about half the students reporting every other day to school. The high school is closed today. Girls soccer matches were canceled for the week and the next two football games have been canceled. Boys soccer is unable to play because of too few players due to the situation. With girls soccer and football the participants are under quarantine and cannot practice.
However, the ISDH numbers for Wednesday, September 16, show only one additional positive test result for Franklin County, making that total 290. A notation on the ISDH site, under the total of 290, states that is through September 13.
There were no deaths reported in any of the three counties in the Whitewater Valley: Franklin, Fayette and Union. Those numbers remain 25 for Franklin, 13 for Fayette and zero for Union.
Fayette County has one more positive test result reported to make that county’s total positive test results at 401. It is through September 14.
Union County had zero positive test results. Its total number of positive test results remains 75.
Wednesday is the day the new ISDH state map is updated. All of the counties are color coded with red being the worst, then orange, then yellow and blue is the best.
Union County is blue, dropping from yellow. Fayette County dropped from orange to yellow and Franklin County remained yellow.