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Less Than Half Of Hoosier Counties Are In "Blue" On The Latest Statewide COVID-19 Map

Indiana Department of Health

The Indiana Department of Health’s color-coded COVID-19 tracking map shows fewer counties in the least serious “blue” category for the second week in a row.

All WVPE listener counties are now in the “yellow” category this week, except for LaGrange and Pulaski County. They’re still in the blue, which indicates the lowest spread of the virus.

 

Marshall County saw conditions worsen this week, moving from the blue to the yellow. Yellow indicates moderate coronavirus spread. The remaining counties in the WVPE listening area all maintained their yellow status from last week. 

 

Statewide, two counties are in the more serious “orange” category – Jackson County, in the southern part of the state, and Jasper County, in the western part of the state.

 

Less than half of Indiana’s 92 counties are now in the least serious “blue” category. Over the last two weeks, the number of blue counties statewide has decreased by a third.

 

Contact Gemma atgdicarlo@wvpe.orgor follow her on Twitter at@gemma_dicarlo.

 

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Gemma DiCarlo came to Indiana by way of Athens, Georgia. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2020 with a degree in Journalism and certificates in New Media and Sustainability. She has radio experience from her time as associate producer of Athens News Matters, the flagship public affairs program at WUGA-FM.