Southeastern, IN — Ripley and Decatur Counties have moved to Yellow status this week on the state’s color-coded Covid-19 metric map joining Franklin County. Dearborn County remains at Orange status along with 7 other counties across the state. This week there are no counties in Red status and 11 counties that have improved to Blue status.
Franklin County has moved to the Yellow advisory status. 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 – Orange Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 6.29% – down from 7.62% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 172 – down from 257 the previous week
• Franklin County –Yellow Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 5.34% – down from 8.06% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 57 – down from 105 the previous week
• Decatur County – Orange Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 5.5% – down from 5.85% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 131 – down from 350 the previous week
• Dearborn County– Orange Advisory
o 7-day positivity rate – 9.33% – down from 9.72% the previous week
o Weekly cases per 100,000 people – 208 – down from 289 the previous week
