Nine more COVID-related deaths are reported in southwest Indiana and western Kentucky.
The Indiana State Department of Health reported two fatalities in Pike County, and one each in Warrick and Dubois counties.
No new COVID-related deaths were reported in Vanderburgh County, one day after the county saw its toll jump by ten to 60.
79 new infections were tallied in the county on the Wednesday dashboard.
The state has put Posey County into the “red” category, indicating a spike in new COVID cases.
The number of hospitalized COVID patients in southwest Indiana rose to 182, with less than 24 percent of intensive care beds available in the 12-county district.
Across Indiana, the agency reported 15 new deaths and more than 1,700 new infections.
The Green River District Health Department reported five new COVID-related fatalities in its seven-county district, four of them in Henderson County and one in Daviess County.
47 new infections were reported with 36 patients hospitalized in the district.
