Franklin County moves to Yellow as COVID numbers continue downward trend

STATEWIDE — Franklin County has moved from Orange to Yellow on the state’s COVID-19 metrics map.

Ripley County stays in Yellow, but Decatur and Dearborn counties remain in Orange this week.

The Indiana Department of Health on Wednesday reported 935 new COVID cases and 63 deaths across the state.

The number of cases has been under 1,000 for several days.

Locally, all four area counties remained in the single digits in the number of new cases.

Dearborn County had nine positives; Ripley County had four; Franklin County reported three new cases, and Decatur County had two.