Fayette County records two additional deaths while Franklin County adds one; both counties improve to orange

By John Estridge from ISDH data While Fayette County reported two additional COVID-19-related deaths and Franklin County had one additional, the ISDH downgraded both counties from red to orange, with orange being the next to worst designation after red. Fayette County now has 37 virus-related deaths while Franklin County has 28. All three counties’ totals …

Fayette County has an additional COVID-19-related death, which is one of the 142 virus-related deaths reported by the state Tuesday, Dec. 1

By John Estridge from ISDH data Indiana reported 142 new deaths attributed to COVID-19 and one of those deaths came from Fayette County. Fayette County’s deaths attributable to the virus are now at 35. Fayette County also led all three of the area counties with 19 new positive test results, making its total 1,617. Franklin …

Union County’s new COVID-19 positive test results are in double digits for Monday, November 30

By John Estridge from ISDH data Union County went double digit in its reporting of positive test results, Monday, November 30. According to the ISDH coronavirus dashboard, Union County had 15 additional positive test results for a total of 301. Fayette County had more, but it is a much more populous county than Union. Fayette …

Indiana has one of its best days number wise

By John Estridge from ISDH data Indiana had one of its best days number wise in a long time. After weeks and weeks of being anywhere from 5,000-plus to 8,000-plus with daily positive test results, on Sunday, November 29, the state’s number of new positive test results “fell” to 4,335. Now, the state’s total number …

Fayette and Franklin counties positive test results numbers increase

By John Estridge from ISDH data Franklin and Fayette counties’ number of positive test results went up quite a bit with numbers released by the ISDH Friday, November 27. Franklin County had 21 positive test results for a total of 734. Fayette County had 37 positive test results for a total of 1,537. Union County …

Franklin County recorded 15 positive test results on the Thanksgiving ISDH dashboard

By John Estridge from ISDH data Franklin County once again reported double-digit growth in the number of positive test results released by the ISDH on Thanksgiving. It reported 15, which gives the county 713 positive test results. Fayette County had one of its best reports in quite a while with eight positive test results. Fayette …

Each of the three counties record one more COVID-19-attributable death; Fayette moves to red and Franklin remains red

By John Estridge from ISDH data Each of the three counties in the Whitewater Valley recorded another death attributed to COVID-19 in numbers supplied by the ISDH on Wednesday, November 25. The death totals for the three counties are: Fayette County, 34; Franklin County, 27; and Union County, two. Franklin County remains in the red …

Franklin County has another COVID-19-related death while its other numbers remain very high

By John Estridge from ISDH data Franklin County recorded another COVID-19-related death to raise its total to 26. Along with that, Franklin County added 27 positive test results for a total of 686. Fayette County had 25 positive tests for 1,477. And Union County had five for 267. The positivity rates for Franklin County are …

Indiana goes over the 300,000 plateau on positive test results; Fayette County has an additional 40 while Franklin County adds 24

By John Estridge from ISDH data Indiana surpassed the 300,000 plateau in positive test results with figures reported Monday morning, November 23. The state reported 5,606 positive test results for a total of 300,913. And it was more bad news in the same category for the three counties making up the Whitewater Valley: Fayette, Franklin …

More COVID-19 fallout at FCCSC schools

By John Estridge COVID-19 cases have continued to increase in Franklin County leading to a red designation on the ISDH state map. Red is the worst designation regarding the pandemic. Cases in Franklin County have been in double figures every day. One Franklin County High School parent said her son, who is also a vocational …