Southeastern, IN — Dearborn, Decatur, Ripley, and Franklin Counties continue to stay 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 or orange this week, 27 counties in Yellow, and 65 counties that are in Blue status.
Dearborn, Decatur, Ripley, and Franklin 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. While in blue, there are to be no events over 250 people. Event Plans for gatherings greater than 250 people are allowed to be submitted and approved by Ripley County Health Department per Indiana Governor, but these plans cannot exceed 100% of the venue’s capacity.
• Ripley County – Blue Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 1.45% – down from 4.18% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 24 – down from 38 the previous week
• Franklin County –Blue Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 3.82% – up from 2.14% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 39 – up from 35 the previous week
• Decatur County – Blue Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 2.22% – up from 2.15% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 56 – up from 33 the previous week
• Dearborn County- Blue Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 3.51% – down from 4.66% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 44 – down from 86 the previous week
