Ripley and Franklin County move to “Orange”

Southeastern, IN — Both Ripley and Franklin Counties are in the “Orange” color status on the weekly county Covid-19 metric update.  If a county maintains a lower status for 2 weeks in a row, the restrictions in place can be lowered to that category per Governor Eric Holcomb’s order.  If each county maintains or lowers its respective metric, restrictions could be lowered to the “Orange” status by December 16th, 2020.  

Decatur County is entering its second week at “Orange” status.  Restrictions in Decatur County could be lowered on December 9.  Dearborn County continues to stay in “Red” status.