The state announced Monday that 4,647 Jackson County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of two from Sunday’s total.
The positivity rate for Jackson County is at 2.6%, a 0.5% decrease from Sunday’s 3.1%, according to the Indiana State Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard.
The rate is determined by a seven-day moving average with a six-day lag to give time to receive comprehensive results. The current positivity rate for the county would be for Feb. 24 to 28.
After an update to the ISDH’s county metrics map, Jackson County is now classified as a level 0.5 county and is a blue level threat. Thirty-nine of Indiana’s 92 counties are now classified in the blue level. Only three are orange level threats. None are red level threats.
To be a blue level threat, a county must maintain a positivity rate lower than 5%.
One new death attributed to COVID-19 was reported in Jackson County on Monday, meaning the death toll increases to 67.
There have been 49,267 COVID tests administered to 17,576 individuals in the county since March 18, 2020, an increase of 124 from Sunday’s total.
The latest results are as of 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The coronavirus dashboard is updated at noon daily.
According to the ISDH’s Indiana COVID-19 vaccination dashboard, 6,786 or 15.3% of 44,231 Jackson County residents have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 3,337 or 7.5% of county residents have been fully vaccinated.
This is an increase of 25 county residents receiving their first dose since Sunday. Three more have been fully vaccinated.
Since Dec. 14, 1,000,321 Hoosiers have received their first dose, while 507,155 are fully vaccinated.
On Monday, 555 additional Hoosiers across the state were diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at the ISDH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and private laboratories.
This brings the total number of Hoosiers known to have had the novel coronavirus to 662,213 following corrections to the previous day’s total.
Indiana’s total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 is 12,162 with 20 new deaths being reported Monday.
For the state, a total of 8,035,726 tests have been administered, an increase of 14,474 from Sunday’s total.