Southeastern, IN — Decatur County has moved to Blue status this week on the state’s color-coded Covid-19 metric. Dearborn County has joined Ripley and Franklin County at Yellow status. This week there are no counties in Red status, 3 counties in orange, 50 counties in yellow, and 39 counties that have improved to Blue status.
Ripley and Decatur Counties have moved to the Yellow advisory status, joining Franklin County. 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 – Yellow Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 3.58% – down from 6.29% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 127 – down from 172 the previous week
• Franklin County –Yellow Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 6.83% – up from 5.34% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 35 – down from 57 the previous week
• Decatur County – Yellow Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 3.2% – down from 5.5% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 52 – down from 131 the previous week
• Dearborn County- Orange Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 7.33% – down from 9.33% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 190 – down from 208 the previous week
