Kosciusko County COVID trends continuing down, lowest numbers since October

The latest graph showing the number of daily COVID cases in Kosciusko County. (Graph provided by the Indiana Department of Health)

New coronavirus cases continue to fall in Kosciusko County, as the average number of cases over the last seven days has fallen to a level that has not been seen since early October.

Only twelve new cases of COVID were reported in the latest update from the state dashboard, bringing the total number of people in the county known to have had the virus to 8,101. The moving average of cases over the past seven days is 30. That number was last seen on October 10th.

Hospitalizations in District 2, which include Kosciusko County, have also dropped since peaking in mid November, down to 120, a number that hasn’t been seen since October 3rd when 121 people were hospitalized.

STATE FOLLOWING TREND OF LOWER NUMBERS

Indiana health officials are reporting fewer new coronavirus cases and the lowest number of related hospitalizations since early November as the state’s downward trend that began late last year continued.

The Indiana State Department of Health said Monday an additional 2,210 Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, down from the 2,565 new cases reported Sunday. Another 12 people have died from COVID-19, raising Indiana’s pandemic toll to 9,728, including both confirmed and presumed infections.

Indiana’s online dashboard shows that 2,045 Indiana residents were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Sunday. That’s the fewest since Nov. 6, when the state had just nine fewer patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

See the latest on the ISDH Coronavirus Dashboard here.