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200 More COVID Vaccinations, 12 More Infections in Vanderburgh County

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200 more Vanderburgh County residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. 

The Indiana Department of Health says 81,798 county residents are now fully vaccinated.

The agency also tallied a dozen new infections in the county on the Monday dashboard.

Vanderburgh’s seven-day positivity rate among individuals held at 8.5 percent.

The number of hospitalized COVID patients in the 12-county region of southwest Indiana rose to 46.

There were no new COVID-related deaths recorded across Indiana but the state did see 285 more infections.

Indiana’s seven-day positivity rate among individuals remained lower than Vanderburgh County’s – 5.1 percent.

Health experts say the vast majority of people being infected with the virus’ delta variant are unvaccinated.