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Vanderburgh's One-Year COVID Death Toll Hits 392, Infections Low, Positivity Rate Down

WNIN | By John Gibson

Published April 6, 2021 at 12:08 PM CDT

Another COVID-19 related death is reported in Vanderburgh County on the one-year anniversary of the county’s first death of the pandemic.

The Indiana Department of Health announced Vanderburgh’s 392^nd fatality on its Tuesday dashboard.

The agency also tallied ten new infections in Vanderburgh County, as the local seven-day positivity rate improved to 4.3 percent.

No new COVID-related deaths were added in Warrick, Posey, or Gibson counties, with just two new infections in Warrick and none in Posey or Gibson counties.

Another encouraging number: COVID hospitalizations fell by ten to 36 in the 12-county district of southwest Indiana.

Statewide, eleven new COVID-related deaths were announced with about 670 new infections.

In western Kentucky, the Green River District Health Department recorded 32 new cases but no new fatalities in the seven-county district.