Despite more people being vaccinated against COVID-19 each day, both Warrick and Posey Counties have seen enough of an uptick in cases over the past two weeks to put them both back into yellow status on the state s coronavirus map as of today (Wednesday, April 7th, 2021), and therefore more restrictive guidelines to try and help slow the spread of the virus.
The state Health Department color-codes each county in the state based on two factors, the 7-day positivity rate on all tests administered across the state, and the weekly number of cases per 100,000 residents. Depending on those numbers, the county is given a score that determines what color they will be. A higher score means higher restrictions to try and slow transmission, while a lower score eases those restrictions. For a county s color to change, either way, it must remain at its current color for two weeks. Unfortunately for both Warrick and Posey counties, those two factors have ticked upwards enough over the last two
As of April 6th (2021), Evansville no longer has a mask mandate in place. We now have a mask advisory instead. But, what does that mean exactly? Are we still required to wear them? Are there places where we don t have to? So many questions. Fortunately, there are answers.
Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke announced the change to the city s policy during a press conference on March 30th, roughly a week after Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced he was putting all mask-wearing decisions in the hands of local governments and business owners by changing the state-wide mask mandate advisory also effective April 6th. At the time, both men cited the declining number of COVID cases, hospitalizations, positivity rates, and deaths, as well as the continued rise in the number of vaccinated residents as their motive behind the decisions. It s important to note, both leaders also made it perfectly clear during their respective press conferences that while the data is encouraging, the pandemic
The dominance of the Holcomb administration is reflected in this year’s list.
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Vice President Mike Pence elbow bumps Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb following a round table discussion at Catalent Biologics, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Author: Brian Howey Updated: 11:52 AM EST January 8, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS After two decades of publishing Power 50 lists in the first week of January, this one comes in a true crisis atmosphere. As we watched in horror the U.S. Capitol being overrun by supporters of President Trump on Wednesday, the COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 8,000 Hoosiers and 350,000 Americans, shutting down our state and nation for nearly two months last spring.