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Local Vaccinations Climb by 1,200; No New COVID Deaths

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1,200 more Vanderburgh County residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and no new deaths are reported in the area. 

The Indiana Department of Health says 1,213 more people have been vaccinated in Vanderburgh County, raising the total beyond 66,000.

The state agency added NO new COVID-related deaths in Vanderburgh, Warrick, Posey, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, or Spencer counties.

Vanderburgh did see 19 new infections, while the seven-day positivity rate for individuals improved to 6.9 percent.

The number of hospitalized COVID patients in the 12-county district of southwest Indiana fell by four to 31.

Across Indiana, six new coronavirus deaths were recorded with more than 1,200 new infections.

The state’s seven-day positivity rate among individuals rose to 13.8 percent.

In western Kentucky, the Green River District Health Department recorded 41 new infections but no new COVID-related deaths in the seven-county district.

Nine COVID patients were in the hospital.