Indiana tops 9k deaths from COVID-19

Indiana has now passed 9,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began 10 months ago.

The Indiana State Department of Health reported 126 new deaths attributed to the coronavirus in yesterday’s update, pushing the total to 9,092 since March. The state also added 2, 756 new positive cases and has a 7-day positivity test rate of 11.9 percent. The total number of cases since the pandemic started is 595,436.

In our area, Bartholomew and Decatur counties remain orange on the state’s color coded map, showing a serious spread of the disease. Shelby, Johnson, Brown, Jackson and Jennings all are showing red, or a severe spread.

Bartholomew County had two new deaths from the disease, while Johnson County had four deaths, Shelby, Jackson and Brown counties each had a single death.