Dubois County, 10 Others, Under Red COVID Advisory

Dubois County - In Wednesday's Indiana Department of Health Dashboard update, Dubois joined the growing list of counties under a Red COVID Advisory.

In the noon update, Dubois, Warrick, Spencer, Posey, Orange, Jennings, Clay, Putnam, Vermillion, Warren, and Carroll counties are now under the highest advisory level based on over 200 cases per 100,000 residents and a test positivity rate north of 15%.

62 counties statewide are now under an Orange Advisory. All Southern Indiana counties, with the exception of Monroe, are at an orange level or higher.

19 counties are under the Yellow Advisory; none are in the Blue Advisory, the lowest level.

The Indiana Department of Health released the following daily update in which Indiana has reported its highest daily total since January 13, 2021:

The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 3,558 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 809,545 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

To date, 13,768 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 25 from Tuesday. Another 430 probable deaths have been reported to date based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.     

A total of 3,775,090 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 3,765,487 on Tuesday. A total of 11,715,116 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26, 2020.

To find testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.

Hoosiers age 12 and older can receive a COVID-19 vaccine; individuals younger than age 18 are eligible for the Pfizer vaccine only. To find a vaccination clinic near you, visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211 if you do not have access to a computer or require assistance. Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are accepted at most sites