By John Estridge from ISDH data
According to daily numbers from the Indiana State Department of Health, the number of positive test results for the state as a whole have been very high for the last two days, but that is not the case in the Whitewater Valley.
The state reported, on Saturday, October 3, 1,429 positive test results, making the state’s total 124,059. On Friday, October 2, the state recorded 1,495 positive test results, which was a one-day record, according to some media reports.
Also, the state had an additional 13 deaths related to COVID-19 for the total of that statistic to be 3,442. That is the second day in a row for 13 additional COVID-19-related deaths in the state.
But in the three counties in the Whitewater Valley, only Fayette County had an additional positive test result, making its total at 429. Franklin and Union counties did not have any, which means the total numbers are 317 for Franklin and 80 for Union.
There were no COVID-19-related deaths in any of the three counties so their totals in that category remain: Franklin, 25; Fayette, 14; and Union, zero.