News and sports in the Whitewater Valley
A blog about what is going on in the Whitewater Valley
By John Estridge without ISDH data Well, it is 2020 and coincidentally, Tuesday, November 10, is a day that ends in the letter “Y.” The two combined made this a bad day to get daily results. Every time I go to the Indiana State Health Department website and access the Dashboard for the daily update, …
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By John Estridge from ISDH data Fayette County had another COVID-19-related death, making its total 27. However, the numbers of cases are not increasing in the three counties within the Whitewater Valley as quickly as they have in the past few weeks. For Fayette County, it had a dozen new positive test results. That is …
By John Estridge from ISDH data Indiana had less positive COVID-19 test results on Sunday, November 8, than it had one day earlier, but the numbers are still large with 4,689 being reported. That makes the state’s total 210,374. Saturday, the total was 5,007, a new record. Fayette County fell just short of its usual …
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By John Estridge from ISDH data Franklin County went into double digits on positive test results, and Indiana set a one-day record for the third-straight day with 5,007 positive test results, the first time the state went more than 5,000 since record keeping began on March 17. Franklin County had 16 positive test results for …
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From a Franklin County Commissioner press release Franklin County has been doing a good job of keeping our COVID-19 cases coming at a manageable and steady pace. This helps takes stress off our healthcare workers and schools. However, several of our neighboring counties have seen very large spikes in cases. With travel coming up for football …
By John Estridge from ISDH data Fayette County recorded its 26th death related to COVID-19, according to ISDH data released on Thursday, November 5. It is an addition of one death over Wednesday’s total. Indiana blew through its own one-day COVID-19 positive test results record with 4,462. It is almost 600 more than the old …
By John Estridge from ISDH data For Indiana, Fayette County and Union County, it was bad news in the number of new positive test results. After one day — Tuesday, November 3 — of recording less than 20 positive test results, on Wednesday, November 4, Fayette County had 36 new positive test results, making the …
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By John Estridge from ISDH data Fayette County reported two deaths attributed to COVID-19, according to information on the Indiana State Department of Health website for Tuesday, November 3. That brings the total of deaths in Fayette County attributed to the virus at 25, one less than Franklin County’s 26. Fayette County had an additional …
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By John Estridge from ISDH data Numbers remained up for the state as well as three counties in the Whitewater Valley, concerning COVID-19 positive test results. For the state, it was another day of more than 3,000 positive test results, with the number at 3,080 for a grand total of 185,185. Fayette County was once …
From a FCHS Athletics Department press release The Franklin County Athletic Department would like to announce the following admission plan and guidelines for winter athletic events. We appreciate everyone’s understanding as we navigate through this current pandemic. Recommendations come from the Indiana Department of Education, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA), the Governor of Indiana …
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