County COVID-19 cases following state health department predictions
By:
Amber L. Tomlinson
State health department officials warned of an after Thanksgiving surge in positive COVID-19 cases, and the Pulaski County numbers seem to be following the predicted trend.
On Monday, the Indiana Department of Health reported a total of 657 positive cases of COVID-19 in Pulaski County since the state started collecting data earlier this year. A total of 24 people have died because of the virus. Monday calculations indicate there was a seven-day positivity rate (all tests) of 11.1%. The unique individuals seven-day positivity rate was 25.1%.
A total of 430,401 positive cases and 6,530 deaths have been reported at the state level between March 6 and Monday, Dec. 14.
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