COVID-19 has claimed another six lives in southwest Indiana and two more in western Kentucky.
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The Indiana State Department of Health has announced two new COVID-related deaths in Vanderburgh County, two in Warrick County, one in Gibson County, and another in Dubois County.
The Friday dashboard also tallied 200 more COVID infections in Vanderburgh County.
The number of hospitalized COVID patients in southwest Indiana fell to 257, with just eleven percent of intensive care beds available in the 12-county region.
Statewide, 88 new COVID fatalities were reported with more than 6,000 new infections.
In western Kentucky, the Green River District Health Department announced two new COVID-related deaths in Daviess County and a single-day record of 282 new infections.
52 confirmed COVID patients were hospitalized in the 12-county district.
The district’s pandemic death toll surpassed 200 this week.
