Monroe County
Monroe County confirmed 17 new COVID-19 cases Monday, down from 36 Friday.
The state dashboard added one new death to the county’s total Friday, bringing it to 201.
The county has been in the yellow advisory for more than a month. Its seven-day positivity rate is up to 3.4 percent from 3.3 percent Friday. The county has confirmed 15,498 cases since the pandemic began.
In District 8, which includes Monroe, Brown, and Bartholomew counties, 67 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 60 Friday. The last time hospitalizations were as low as Friday was Aug. 11.
Monroe County’s weekly cases per 100,000 are down to 92 from 111 last week and from 114 two weeks ago.
Indiana
The state recorded 1,054 new COVID-19 cases Monday, down from 1,940 Friday. The state has reported 1,022,609 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
The Indiana Department of Health confirmed two COVID-19 deaths Monday but added 50 to the total since the pandemic began. That brings the total to 16,184.
The state recorded 1,297 hospitalizations Monday, the same as Friday. The last time state hospitalizations were lower was Aug. 8.
The state’s seven-day positivity rate Monday is 7.4 percent, down from 7.5 percent Friday.
