LAFAYETTE, Ind. While the number of deaths to COVID-19 in Tippecanoe County has remained at 212 for several days, the county s seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals continues to hover around 13%, according to the Indiana State Department of Health, more than triple the rate reported as late as March.
Wednesday s seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals the percentage of people who test positive, regardless of how many times a single person has been tested was 13.5%, after dropping down to 12.6% Tuesday. Monday s rate was 13.2%.
The overall positivity rate, which had remained at 4.3% since last Thursday, inched up to 4.5% Tuesday and stayed the same for Wednesday. The county processed 107 new tests the previous day, for a total of 111,652 tests since the pandemic started.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As the weather warms and the vaccine effort continues to expand, Tippecanoe County is seeing a decrease in something present since the arrival of the pandemic: testing for COVID-19.
The number of reported tests for COVID-19 in the county each day has fallen since the third wave of the virus surged.
On Friday, the Indiana State Department of Health’s dashboard tracking COVID-19 reported that a total of 108,401 tests have been given in Tippecanoe County since data collection began last March.
Tippecanoe County’s first recorded test was reported March 1, 2020, the only test that day. From there, numbers steadily grew, hitting a first peak Aug. 17 with 1,551 tests, a second peak with 3,404 tests given Nov. 24 and the third peak and current record with 3,869 tests given Jan. 18, 2021.