Evansville Area Seeing Uptick In Infections

Evansville IN

29 July, 2021

5:41 PM

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By John Gibson, WNIN July 29, 2021 COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and positivity rates continue to rise in southwest Indiana. The Indiana Department of Health added new 39 infections in Vanderburgh County, 15 in Warrick County, and 13 in Dubois County on the Wednesday dashboard. Gibson County's seven-day positivity rate among individuals reached 35 percent, while Pike County's rate topped 36 percent. Positivity rates were above 20 percent in Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Posey counties. Some positives from the report: no new COVID-related deaths were added in the Evansville area, and nearly 120 more Vanderburgh County residents became fully vaccinated. 130 got their first shot of a two-shot vaccine. Meanwhile, the number of hospitalized COVID patients in the 12-county district of southwest Indiana rose by five to 74. And across the state, a dozen more COVID-related deaths were tallied with more than 1,200 new infections. The numbers follow new advice from the CDC to wear masks indoors if you live in a place with "substantial" or high virus transmission. The guidance for people who are unvaccinated remains the same: Always mask up indoors. With the Centers for Disease Control now recommending masks indoors for everyone, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status, is the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation planning to change its policy as a new school year approaches? 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.