HENDERSON, Ky. The COVID-related death of a Union County resident was reported Wednesday by the Green River District Health Department.
The death was the 12th in the county and the 316th in the seven-county Green River District since the pandemic began.
Henderson County recorded 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday as the GRDHD reported 122 new cases in the district with seven of those in Union County and three in Webster County. Daviess County had 73 new cases, along with 13 in Ohio County, eight in Hancock County and three in McLean County.
The COVID-related death of an Ohio County resident was also reported on Wednesday.
COVID-19: Vanderburgh reports 54 new cases, percentage of positive tests remains high Michael Doyle, Evansville Courier & Press
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. Low numbers of testing over the holiday weekend correlate to a lower number of new positive COVID-19 cases in the region, according to reporting Sunday from the Indiana State Department of Health s COVID-19 dashboard.
However, the testing positivity rate, which measures the number of positive tests against the number of overall tests, remains at roughly the same levels. State and national health officials have cautioned that a spike in COVID-19 cases will occur over the next two weeks due to holiday travel.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. The coronavirus pandemic s rollercoaster ride through Vanderburgh County took an upswing Wednesday with 238 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
After two days of sharply decreasing daily case counts, Vanderburgh s totals on the Indiana State Department of Health s COVID-19 dashboard shot back up. The county recorded two new COVID-19-related deaths.
Statewide, there were 4,731 new cases and 62 new COVID-19-related deaths Wednesday.
There have now been a total of 14,207 cases of COVID-19 and 184 deaths in Vanderburgh County since the first known case emerged on March 19. Warrick County has reported 4,761 COVID-19 cases, Posey 1,741, Gibson 2,840, Spencer 1,319 and Perry 1,108.
Vanderburgh County s current run of coronavirus-related deaths began on Oct. 20, when the county reported a new and still-standing one-day record of 10 deaths attributable to COVID-19. That brought the county s coronavirus death toll in one day from 50 to 60.
7-day positivity rate among individual Hoosiers reaches 26.3%
An additional 7,360 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Friday, bringing Indiana s total to 404,935 cases.
Warrick County has reported 4,138 cases and 77 deaths attributable to COVID-19, Posey 1,523 cases and 22 deaths and Gibson County, 2,506 total cases and 44 deaths.
Vanderburgh County s seven-day positivity rate among individuals dropped slightly to 22.3% Friday. The number covers the period Nov. 28-Dec. 4. The overall positivity rate among individuals is 16.7%.
Evansville-based Deaconess gets 1,950 doses to start, will give vaccine to employees next week Thomas B. Langhorne, Evansville Courier & Press
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. Deaconess Health System said Wednesday afternoon it anticipates receiving 1,950 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine early next week and will administer first doses to employees possibly next Wednesday.
Local medical and health department officials say they have been in daily and weekly contact with the Indiana State Department of Health, which is overseeing the fast-moving and still-evolving move toward a coordinated statewide vaccination campaign. Deaconess provided the local dosage figure, it said Wednesday, after conferring earlier in the day with Indiana and Kentucky state health officials.