By John Estridge from ISDH data
There were terrible numbers on Thursday, October 22, for the state and the three counties in the Whitewater Valley.
The state destroyed its record for the number of positive test results in one day, adding 2,880 for a grand total of 155,246. Forty-two people died in the state from COVID-19-related reasons, bringing the state’s total to 3,831.
One of those 42 new deaths, one was in Fayette County. That brings the Fayette County death total to 18. But the big news for Fayette County is there were 52 new positive test results reported in one day, making the county’s total number 666.
Twenty six percent of those having tests, 199, tested positive in Fayette County.
Union County had four more positive test results, bringing its number to 110. The percent of those having positive results out of those being tested was not nearly as bad as neighboring Fayette County; however, as 55 were tested, meaning 11 percent of those tested were positive.
Franklin County had six more positive test results for a total of 372. Also, the percentage in Franklin County was not nearly as bad as Fayette County with 8 percent.
There were no new deaths in Franklin or Union counties, keeping those numbers 25 and zero, respectively.
So, my question is this… Out of all these new positive cases, how many of them are symptomatic and how many are repeat tests? Like the President said tonight that the reason for more positive tests is because we are testing more people than ever before. Leave out the asymptomatic people and I’d put a wager on 0% increase.