State reaches record high of COVID-19 cases

Statewide—The Indiana State Department of Health has reported that 1,302 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday. A total of 128,227 Indiana residents have tested positive for the coronavirus. To date, 1,440,917 individual tests have been reported to ISDH at an 8.9% positive rate and 17 new deaths were reported for a total of 3,500 Hoosiers have died across the state.

Dearborn County has a total of 729 cases and 28 deaths reported (up 12 new cases), Decatur County has a total of 469 positive cases and 39 deaths (up 1 new case), Franklin County has 320 positive cases and 25 deaths (up 1 new case), and Ripley County has 337 positive cases and 8 deaths (up 6 new cases). Locally, this is an increase of 20 new positive cases.