Southeastern, IN — Ripley and Dearborn Counties have moved to Orange status this week on the state’s color-coded Covid-19 metric map. Franklin County is 1 of 5 Indiana counties that remain in Red status. There are now 8 counties that have moved to Yellow status. Decatur County is still in the Orange metric category.
For counties that have changed, they must maintain the new or better status for a 2-week period before restrictions can be updated. While in Red, there are to be no events over 25 people and no events over 50 people while in Orange. No plans are allowed to be submitted and approved by the local health department per Indiana Governor Holcomb’s executive order.
• Ripley County statistics:
o 7-day positivity rate – 8.83%- down from 18.81%the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 243 – down from 829 the previous week
• Franklin County
o 7-day positivity rate – 15.84% – down from 20.18% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people -246 – down from 430 the previous week
• Dearborn County
o 7-day positivity rate – 14.19% – down from 17.84% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 513 – down from 760 the previous week
• Decatur County
o 7-day positivity rate – 6.89% – down from 12.26%the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 259 – down from 594 the previous week
