Brandi Criswell, a licensed practical nurse at the Indiana Veteran's Home, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, administered by Sierra Weaver, an intern at IVH, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in West Lafayette. Staff photo by Nikos Frazier
LAFAYETTE — Tippecanoe County's recent steady drop in the overall seven-day positivity rate for COVID-19 should not trigger residents to relax their mitigation efforts, the county's health officer warned.
"We are encouraged by the recent decrease in new cases and positivity rate," Dr. Jeffrey Adler, with the Tippecanoe County Health Department, told the Journal & Courier. "Much of the state is seeing a similar trend."
In the past two weeks since Tippecanoe County moved into the "red" status — the highest rate of community spread — the overall seven-day positivity rate for new COVID-19 cases has dropped considerably, according to the Indiana State Department of Health Dashboard.
From a high as late as Jan. 11 of 16.3%, Tippecanoe County's overall rate is a third as high, 5.4% reported Saturday.. Two days after hitting a rate of 16.3%, the county moved from the second-worse status of orange to red,
Even though the past few days have witnessed a trend in declining rates, Adler said Tippecanoe County residents shouldn't assume that trend continues.
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