Monroe County confirmed 36 COVID-19 cases Tuesday and 44 Monday.
The county added 387 COVID-19 cases last week; the week before, it was 412.
Two new deaths are confirmed, bringing the total to 223.
The seven-day positivity rate is 8.3 percent. Last week, the seven-day rate was consistently above 9 percent.
In District 8, which includes Monroe, Brown, and Bartholomew counties, hospitalizations jumped to 141 Tuesday, down from 146 Monday and 147 Sunday. This tops the highest number recorded during September’s spike when the high was 138 on the 10th. The last time hospitalizations were higher than Sunday’s recorded number was Dec. 29, 2020, when they were at 151.
The county re-entered the orange advisory level Wednesday on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard and its weekly cases per 100,000 are up to 279.
Statewide, 4,057 cases were confirmed Tuesday, and more than 3,100 cases were confirmed Monday. Last week, the state recorded more than 5,000 cases three days in a row.
The Indiana Department of Health confirmed 90 COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, and the total since the pandemic began is 17,562.
Hospitalizations are at 3,020. That’s the highest they’ve been since Dec. 22, 2020, when they exceeded 3,100. The state’s positivity rate is 14.1 percent.
