2 More Coronavirus Deaths In Western KY; None In SW Indiana

Evansville IN

10 November, 2021

2:29 PM

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By John Gibson, WNIN November 10, 2021 Fewer COVID 19-related deaths and infections are reported in western Kentucky, with no fatalities added in southwest Indiana. The Green River District Health Department tallied two new fatalities and 174 new cases in the district from Friday through Monday. The two latest COVID-related deaths were from Daviess and Union counties. In its Tuesday report, the agency said Daviess County was its only one of its seven counties still considered an Area of High Transmission Meanwhile, the Indiana Department of Health added no new COVID-related deaths in Vanderburgh, Warrick, Posey, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, or Spencer counties. 43 more infections were tallied in Vanderburgh County, where the seven-day positivity rate among individuals rose to 16.5 percent. Across the 12-county region of southwest Indiana, the number of hospitalized COVID patients fell slightly to 66. Statewide, 59 more COVID-related deaths were announced with nearly 2,000 new infections. With COVID-19 vaccines now being given to children ages five to eleven in the Tri-State, Deaconess Health System hosted a forum about the vaccine for kids. 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.