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Noble County is now in the yellow for community spread of COVID-19, representing a slide backwards according to the state’s two-pronged metric.
Huntington, Adams, DeKalb and LaGrange counties are the only ones remaining in the “blue”, the state’s best category based on 7-day positivity rate and cases per 100,000 residents.
The 7-day positivity rate for northeast Indiana was down one tenth of a percent, to 5.9 percent. There are 60 area residents hospitalized with the illness.
While there were five counties reporting double-digit case increases on Wednesday, eight counties report more than 20 percent of their population full-vaccinated, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
Mask order ends today, but not all places
Courts, museums, others still require use of coverings
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
Indiana emerges today from the statewide COVID-19 mask mandate. But plenty of places in the Fort Wayne area – such as courts and museums – are still requiring the wearing of facial covering.
Gov. Eric Holcomb last week lifted the state s mask requirement in most settings, and Allen County Health Commissioner Dr. Matthew Sutter declined to extend a general mask requirement countywide.
Sutter stressed facial coverings would still be required in city and county government buildings, and Megan Hubartt, department spokeswoman, said Monday that local health officials believe others should follow suit.
Katie Fyfe | The Journal Gazette
Catholic Charities hold the first of three events aimed at registering former refugees for COVID vaccines on Wednesday, March 31st, 2021. Previous Next
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Making sure everyone gets their FAIR SHOT
Local groups assist minorities as they navigate their path to vaccine
Nay Nway Nway stares intently at her laptop screen, which sits atop a folding table in a room bustling with activity Wednesday inside an apartment complex on the city s southeast side.
Masked and with a clear plastic barrier separating her from the couple she s working to help on the other side of the table, Nway asks for driver s licenses and opens the state s COVID-19 vaccination registration website. She s looking for appointments for a Burmese couple, who speak little English, to receive shots key to ending the deadly pandemic.
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Precautions still vital as we inch closer to normal
A year ago, it was a heartbreaking progression of cancellations: high school proms, traditional commencement ceremonies, concerts and baseball games.
Today, the outlook is uplifting. Fort Wayne Community Schools announced this week its high schools will hold proms this spring. In-person commencements are scheduled for the high schools and at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Thursday was opening day for Major League Baseball.
PFW announced Wednesday it is reversing a decision made just a month earlier. A traditional commencement ceremony is now scheduled for June 18 at Memorial Coliseum and will include 2020 graduates, whose recognition last year was limited to a drive-through diploma distribution.