Clay County remains in ‘orange’ status in state COVID-19 statistical ratings

Thursday, December 10, 2020

The Indiana State Department of Health data shows a rise in the positivity rate for the District 7 area.

Clay County, which had weekly scores that put it in the RED category the last two weeks of November, is part of Indiana’s District 7, along with Greene, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo counties. Clay was the only county with a RED status at that time.

The ISDH’s color-coded county weekly scoring map provides data for officials and residents throughout the state to make the best decisions possible to protect their communities and limit the spread of COVID-19. The color codes are determined by the 7-day moving average of the all tests positivity rate, calculated by taking the total number of positive tests and dividing by the total tests administered:

BLUE No points = Less than 5%, with less than 10 new cases per 100,000

YELLOW 1 point = 5.0-9.9%, with 10-99 new cases

ORANGE 2 points = 10-14.9%, with 100 to 199 new cases

Times Creative

RED 3 points=15% or greater, with 200 or more new cases

The weekly county status scores and maps are updated Wednesdays at noon by the ISDH. The weekly update reflects data from the previous Monday through Sunday. Please note this calculation is lagged by six days to ensure complete testing information has been received.

Clay recently returned to the ORANGE when it reached a score of 2 at the beginning of December as Parke being the only one in the RED category with a score of 3.

Clay has remained in the ORANGE status has remained for Clay as the number of positive cases, wavering between 2-2.5 as more testing data was received, and often resulting in a higher Unique Positivity 7-Day Rate than the state. (On Dec. 3, ISDH data showed Clay County with a 33.4% rate, while at the state level, it was only 23.7%.)

According to the most current data by ISDH on Dec. 6, 2020, Parke, Sullivan, and Vermillion counties are rated RED with scores of 3, with Clay, Greene, Owen, Putnam, and Vigo counties scoring 2.5 each.

District 7 data shows:

16,378 Positive

296 Confirmed deaths

196,938 Tests overall

25.7% Unique Positive 7-day rate

Of the residents living in District 7 who have tested positive for COVID-19:

• 63% are below the age of 50, with 37% over 50

• 50.1% are female, 49.4% are male

Among the deaths reported to ISDH:

• 53.7% are female, with 45.8% male

• 97.9% of the deaths are individuals age 50 and older

Log onto cornavirus.in.gov to learn more about the state of Indiana’s response to COVID-19, and data from all 92 counties.

Respond to this story

Posting a comment requires free registration: