A chart shows the number of statewide positive COVID-19 cases reported by day. Source: Indiana Department of Health

By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews

WARSAW — COVID-19 cases continue to decline statewide, with anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 new cases being reported daily.

On last week’s Indiana Department of Health two-metric COVID-19 map, one Indiana county was in the “red” category. This week, two counties, Grant and LaGrange Counties, are now red. More of central Indiana is now in the “yellow” category, while northern Indiana has slowly turned more orange. Fayette County in east-central Indiana is now “blue,” the lowest category a county can be.

Kosciusko, Marshall, Wabash, Whitley, Fulton and Elkhart counties remain in the “orange” category.

IDH relies on a color-coded county map that measures percent positivity and new cases per 100,000 residents. The baseline for red is 15%.

Kosciusko County has reported one new COVID-19 death, which occurred on Monday, Nov. 1. This brings the county to 150 deaths and 12,712 positive cases.

Marshall County also reported one new COVID-19 death, which occurred on Monday, Nov. 1. This brings the county to 138 deaths and 8,180 positive cases.

Kosciusko County has a high community transmission rate for COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC’s website categorizes transmission rates in four levels: low, moderate, substantial and high. The map shows that all but four of Indiana’s counties are in the ‘high’ category. About 73% of the United States is marked in the ‘high’ category.

The CDC website is updated regularly and you can search for specific counties here.

The color-coded county metrics map on the IDH website shows a majority of counties in the “yellow” category. Color-coded county metrics are based on each county’s seven-day positivity rate and the number of newly reported weekly cases per 100,000 residents. Yellow counties are categorized as such when they have a seven-day positivity rate between 5% and 9.9% and/or 10 to 99 new weekly cases per 100,000 residents. Source: Indiana Department of Health

More than 30,000 people in Kosciusko County have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

More than 3,377,000 Hoosiers are considered to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. According to statewide demographics, about 52% of those fully vaccinated are individuals who are 50 and older. About 53% of people fully vaccinated are female.

Statewide, the IDH website shows the number of COVID-19 deaths in Indiana rose to 16,283.

The total positive number of reported COVID-19 cases in Indiana is now at 1,025,957. More than 14,593,000 COVID-19 tests have been administered to Hoosiers.

Since the pandemic began, locally, Fulton County has reported 3,250 positive cases, Wabash County has reported 5,472 positive cases and Whitley County has reported 5,809 positive cases. Noble County has reported 8,235 positive cases and Elkhart County has 36,570.

In other northern Indiana counties, Lake County has 67,457 positive cases; Allen County has 59,384 positive cases; and St. Joseph County has 45,292 positive cases.

According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, more than 749,000 people in the United States have died due to COVID-19.

Vaccination Percentages by ZIP Code

COVID-19 vaccination percentages by county ZIP code are available on the state’s management performance hub.

• 46582 (Warsaw area) 53% of residents
• 46508 (Burket) 52% of residents
• 46538 (Leesburg) 50% of residents
• 46580 (Warsaw) 49% of residents
• 46555 (North Webster) 49% of residents
• 46567 (Syracuse) 48% of residents
• 46506 (Bremen area) 46% of residents
• 46962 (North Manchester area) 44% of residents
• 46590 (Winona Lake) 44% of residents
• 46910 (Akron) 42% of residents
• 46787 (South Whitley) 41% of residents
• 46542 (Milford) 39% of residents
• 46732 (Cromwell) 37% of residents
• 46562 (Pierceton) 37% of residents
• 46982 (Silver Lake) 36% of residents
• 46504 (Bourbon) 34% of residents
• 46539 (Mentone) 29% of residents
• 46510 (Claypool) 28% of residents
• 46550 (Nappanee) 28% of residents
• 46524 (Etna Green) 24% of residents