The ISDH color-coded map of county distributions of COVID-19 cases. The ISDH-assigned counties scores based on the number of new cases per 100,000 residents and the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests. Each county is designated a color given the average of those numbers, ranging from blue--least community spread--to yellow, orange and red for greater spread. Screen capture: coronavirus.in.gov
Here is the latest information available for area counties.
INDIANA
According to the ISDH dashboard:
New positive cases: 1,579
Total positive cases: 134,981
New deaths: 7
Total deaths: 3,562
Probable deaths: 227
Those are cases when a physician lists COVID-19 as a contributing cause of death but there are no positive test results recorded.
New tests administered: 29,720
Total individuals tested: 1,486,182
7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 9.3%
Vanderburgh
New positive cases: 106
Positive cases: 4,852
Deaths: 42
New tests administered: 1,202
Total individuals tested: 49,875
7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 14.3%
Warrick
New positive cases: 27
Positive cases: 1,694
Deaths: 57
New tests administered: 284
Total individuals tested: 15,455
7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 16.4%
Posey
New positive cases: 25
Positive cases: 572
Deaths: 3
New tests administered: 118
Total individuals tested: 4,993
7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 20.3%
Gibson
New positive cases: 16
Positive cases: 733
Deaths: 9
New tests administered: 107
Total individuals tested: 6,154
7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 25.1%
Spencer
New positive cases: 3
Positive cases: 333
Deaths: 6
New tests administered: 106
Total individuals tested: 3,229
7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 14.4%
Perry
New positive cases: 4
Positive cases: 254
Deaths: 13
New tests administered: 210
Total individuals tested: 4,154
7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 8.4%
EVANSVILLE — Vanderburgh County is reporting 106 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health's dashboard.
It continues a trend of high case numbers in southwestern Indiana and the Tri-State region. On Friday, Vanderburgh reached an all-time single-day high of 126 cases and four deaths. On Saturday there were 95 cases.
There were two new deaths reported — one in Vanderburgh County and another in Spencer County.
Vanderburgh's case total is up to 4,852 since the first known case emerged on March 19.
Posey County reported 25 new cases, one day after setting its single-day high of 44 on Saturday — but with only about one-fourth of the number of tests administered as compared to the previous day. Positivity rate of unique individuals in Posey County continues to climb; this number was 20.3% on Sunday, meaning that about one in five people who took the test received a COVID-positive result over the seven-day period.
The region remains a hotbed in the state in terms of the rate at which the novel coronavirus, the cause of COVID-19, is spreading. Health officials have expressed concern over the sharp and continued rise of cases and the continued strain on medical resources.
Due to the rising numbers in Vanderburgh County, Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke on Friday announced additional restrictions on gatherings. The current mandate is that organizers of any event of 500 or more have to seek approval from the Vanderburgh County Health Department. New restrictions, in effect Oct. 19, set that threshold at 125 or more.
Winnecke said this decision came after receiving data from local and state health officials of the spread the community is seeing at public events. Local events that had multiple cases connected to them included funerals, a wedding and a sporting event.
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The county-by-county rating system for quantifying risk is intended in part as a guide for school leaders on whether to keep students in classrooms. ISDH assigns counties scores based on the number of new cases per 100,000 residents and the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests.
Each county is designated a color, given the average of those numbers. The colors range from blue — least community spread — to yellow, orange and red for greater spread. The map is updated weekly.
In the entire state, Southwestern Indiana counties have some of the highest weekly cases per 100,000 population. Pike, the state's only "red" county, has 653 per 100,000 new weekly cases. Posey registers with 361, Vanderburgh with 284, Gibson and Warrick with 261, Spencer with 197 and Dubois with 196. That number is updated weekly.
Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Gibson, Posey and Dubois counties are all in "orange" on the state's risk map for the rate at which COVID-19 is spreading. Only Grant and Henry counties in Central Indiana were also in the "orange" on the ISDH's color-coded map which is updated weekly on Wednesdays.
The number of cases in the 20-29 age group represents the largest demographic of COVID-19 cases in Vanderburgh County, although that number has been slowly dropping recently. It was 22.7 percent Sunday, down from 22.8 percent Saturday and 23 percent Friday.
The school-age demographic of children age 0-19 comprises 14.2% of all cases locally, higher than the state's proportion of cases in the 0-19 age bracket at 13.2%.
A new online tool designed to help track COVID-19 in Indiana schools gave local residents their first glimpse at details about cases in EVSC and other local schools.
The COVID-19 school dashboard offered by ISDH is intended to give the number of cases in particular schools around the state and can be found at coronavirus.in.gov. Locally, it is the first historical snapshot of COVID-19 cases among students, teachers and staff.
On May 21 — when Vanderburgh County had just 228 COVID-19 cases in all — just 3% of cases involved individuals 19 or younger.
The ISDH dashboard now offers four separate figures for positivity rates — the percentage of people tested who come up positive for COVID-19. The "unique individuals" positivity rate for Vanderburgh Friday was 9.9% cumulatively and the seven-day rate, covering Sept. 28-Oct. 4, was 14.3%.
The "all tests" positivity rate remained at 4.6% cumulatively and declined slightly to 6.9% over the same seven-day period.
A total of 49,875 individuals in Vanderburgh County have been tested for COVID-19 since March 11, with 76,482 tests administered.
Local medical and health officials convened in late September to warn the public that COVID-19 remains a serious threat despite Indiana moving to Stage 5, the final phase of reopening, Sept. 26. Among their warnings: Get your flu shot now, if possible.
The ISDH updates its online dashboard of COVID-19 data daily, including deaths, as it tracks the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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