Eight new cases reported locally on Tuesday

Statewide — The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) has reported that 721 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday. A total of 94,891 Indiana residents have tested positive for the coronavirus. To date, 1,083,765 individual tests have been reported to ISDH at an 8.8% positive rate and 16 new deaths were reported for a total of 3,093 Hoosier deaths.

Dearborn County has a total of 575 cases and 28 deaths reported (up 1 new case), Decatur County has a total of 404 positive cases and 35 deaths (up 5 new cases), Franklin County has 276 positive cases and 25 deaths (up 2 new cases), and Ripley County has 245 positive cases and 8 deaths (no change). Locally, this is an increase of 8 new positive cases.