Statewide — Despite the winter weather closing down several testing sites again on Tuesday across the region, the Indiana State Department of Health has reported that 933 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 on Wednesday. A total of 651,453 Indiana residents have tested positive for the coronavirus. To date, 3,062,008 individual tests have been reported to ISDH at a 21.3% positive rate and 20 new deaths were reported for a total of 11,825 Hoosiers have died across the state.
Dearborn County has a total of 5,321 cases and 63 deaths reported (up 9 new cases and 1 new death), Decatur County has a total of 2,682 positive cases and 88 deaths (up 1 new case), Franklin County has 1,579 positive cases and 35 deaths (up 1 new case), and Ripley County has 3,222 positive cases and 60 deaths (up 4 new cases and 1 new death). Locally, this is an increase of 15 new positive cases and 2 new deaths.
