Ripley and Franklin back to red status

Southeastern, IN — Both Ripley County and Franklin County are back to “Red” status on the Indiana Department of Health Covid-19 color status map.  Ripley had an 18.45% positivity rate for last week and Frankin County had a 16.31% positivity rate over the last week.  

At a minimum, both counties will have to adhere to “Red” status through at least December 30.  Ripley County had 250 positive Covid-19 cases since the last 7-day color update and Franklin County has had 115.  

Dearborn County continues to remain in “Red” and Decatur County has stayed in the “Orange” category.