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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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By John Estridge from ISDH data Indiana had another record-breaking day for COVID-19 positive test results. The second record in two days. It recorded 4,714 positive test results. That sent the state over the 200,000 mark in positive test results since March 17 when the ISDH began tabulating the data. It now stands at 200,823. …
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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 Another death in Fayette County was blamed on COVID-19 and Fayette County had an additional 18 positive tests, bringing its total to 925. The death increases the total in that county to 23. While Fayette County went beneath the at-least-20-per-day run it has been having, the county has reported …
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By John Estridge from ISDH data Fayette County and Indiana continue to have elevated positive COVID-19 test results, add to that 46 deaths in the state count, and Saturday, October 31, was frightful. Fayette County continued to have more than 20 positive cases in the past 10 days out of 11. Sunday, October 25, Fayette …
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By John Estridge from ISDH data Franklin County had another COVID-19-related death, according to the Friday, October 30, Indiana State Department of Health statistics, bringing the county’s total to 26. Also, the county saw its first double-digit report of positive test results with 10, raising that total to 406. Fayette County continued its run of …
By John Estridge from ISDH data Indiana set a one-day record for positive test results Thursday, October 29 with 3,649, breaking the old record by about 800. And Fayette County continued to have an alarming amount of positive test results with another 40 announced Thursday. In the last nine days, Fayette County has had 267 …
By John Estridge from ISDH data Fayette County is now considered a red county in the ISDH color-coding scheme. In the color-coding scheme, red signifies the worst of the counties, orange is next bad, yellow is a step down and blue is the best. Union County is now orange and Franklin County is yellow. South …