Columbus makes national list for worst increase in COVID-19 spread
Columbus and Bartholomew County are making an unwelcome appearance on a national list. According to USA Today, the community is number 18 on a list of places where COVID-19 is growing the fastest.
The story, published Monday, says that Columbus has seen in increase in the daily average number of new cases week over week of +8.3 per 100,000 people.
It compared the week ending Aug. 17th, which had 16.9 average new daily cases to the week of Aug. 10th, which only had 8.5.
The state average over the Aug. 17th week showed 14 new cases per 100,000 residents.
Bartholomew County has had 1,023 positive test results for COVID-19 as of yesterday and has had 50 deaths. The most recent death was on Aug. 20th.
On the USA Today list, the worst community in the country for increased spread was Merced, Calif., which had a week-to-week change of 57.7 per 100,000 people.