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COVID Toll Climbs in Dubois, Daviess, and Webster Counties

WNIN | By John Gibson

Published January 11, 2021 at 12:07 PM CST

More COVID 19-related deaths are reported in Dubois, Daviess, and Webster counties.

The Indiana Department of Health announced the 69^th death of the pandemic in Dubois County.

No new COVID-related deaths were reported in Vanderburgh, Warrick, Posey, or Gibson counties.

151 new infections were tallied in Vanderburgh County on the Monday dashboard. Warrick topped 6,000 cases with 55 new infections.

The number of hospitalized COVID patients in the 12-county southwest Indiana district was down 17 to 231, with the percentage of available intensive care beds up to 20-and-a-half percent.

Statewide, Indiana saw 30 new COVID-related deaths and more than 3,700 new infections.

The Green River District Health Department announced the 108^th fatality in Daviess County and the 13^th in Hancock County.

The department added 164 new COVID infections with 48 patients in the hospital.