Southeastern, IN — Dearborn County has joined Decatur, Ripley, and Franklin Counties in the Blue 2-week metric score this week on the state’s color-coded Covid-19 metric map. This week there are no counties in Red this week, 1 county in Orange, 30 counties in Yellow, and 61 counties that have improved to Blue status.
Ripley, Franklin, and Decatur Counties are in Blue advisory status. At Blue status, events and gatherings can take place at a 100% capacity when all other guidelines such as social distancing, face coverings, and plans to mitigate Covid-19 are in place. Social gatherings levels are limited to 250 people.
Dearborn County has moved to Yellow advisory status. At Yellow status, events and gatherings can take place at a 50% capacity when all other guidelines such as social distancing, face coverings, and plans to mitigate Covid-19 are in place. Social gatherings levels are limited to 100 people. Advisory level refers to the current guidelines the county must follow. A county must remain at a lower Weekly Two-Metric Score for two consecutive weeks to move down to a lower advisory level.
• Ripley County – Blue Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 4.18% – down from 4.18% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 38 – down from 74 the previous week
• Franklin County –Blue Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 2.14% – down from 3.24% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 35 – down from 48 the previous week
• Decatur County – Blue Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 2.15% – up from 2.03% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 33 – down from 67 the previous week
• Dearborn County- Yellow Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 4.66% – down from 7.24% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 86 – down from 163 the previous week
