Coronavirus Cases Rising As Delta Variant Spreads

Evansville IN

21 July, 2021

6:33 PM

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By John Gibson, WNIN July 21, 2021 COVID-19 infections continue to rise in the Evansville area. The Indiana Department of Health recorded 22 more infections in Vanderburgh County. Surrounding counties in southwest Indiana saw single-digit increases on the Tuesday dashboard. No new COVID-related deaths were added in the Evansville area. Vanderburgh's seven-day positivity rate improved slightly to 8.1 percent -- still well below the state average of 5.4 percent. COVID hospitalizations rose to 48 in the 12-county district of southwest Indiana. Across the state, five new COVID-related deaths were recorded along with more than 700 new infections. In western Kentucky, the Green River District Health Department reported a three-day jump of 142 infections. The agency added no new COVID-related deaths in the seven-county district, but hospitalizations were up to six. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is urging unvaccinated residents to wear a mask in public to slow the spread of the virus' delta variant. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.