By John Estridge with ISDH data
Indiana reported 84 COVID-19-related deaths regarding the Indiana State Department of Health daily report on its dashboard.
One of those deaths came from Fayette County, making 28 people who have been reported to die from COVID-19-related reasons in Fayette County.
Fayette County also had an additional 34 positive test results, with that total going to 1,289.
Franklin County had another one dozen positive test results for 559, and Union County had four for a total of 231. For the state, it reported 5,541 positive test results, making its total 262,207.
Deaths in Franklin and Union counties remain at 25 and one, respectively.
Since the Franklin County Health Department disbanded the Franklin County COVID-19 Task Force, Franklin County Commission President Tom Linkel has been giving updates for that county at the commissioners’ twice monthly meetings.
Tuesday, November 17, his report included 559 positive test results with 450 people recovering. The health department is currently monitoring 84 active cases with 11 new hospitalizations. Local hospitals are near capacity, and it is believed the county will go red tomorrow, Wednesday, November 18.
Union and Fayette counties are already red, the worst designation given by the state for COVID-19 new cases.
Franklin County currently has a 35.7 percent positivity rate for unique individuals, people having their first tests, in a seven-day period. To put that in perspective, the state’s percentage in the same category is 23.2 percent.