All area counties in Blue Advisory this week

Southeastern, IN — Ripley Franklin, Decatur, and Dearborn Counties are all in blue on the State’s Covid-19 metric this week.

Decatur and Franklin Counties will join Ripley and Dearborn Counties in the Blue advisory status as well. 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 – 2.16% – up from 0.86% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 56 – up from 35 the previous week

• Franklin County –Blue Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 2.67% – down from 3.74% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 61 – up from 21 the previous week

• Decatur County – Blue Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 2.77% – up from 2.58% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 56 – up from 45 the previous week

• Dearborn County- Blue Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 4.7% – up from 3.78% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 72– down from 74 the previous week