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Vanderburgh COVID Death Toll Reaches 73; 4 New Deaths in Western KY

WNIN | By John Gibson

Published October 30, 2020 at 11:40 AM CDT

Another COVID-related death is reported in Vanderburgh County, along with four fatalities in western Kentucky.

The Indiana State Department of Health announced Vanderburgh County’s 73^rd death on its Friday dashboard.

The county also saw 79 new infections with a seven-day positivity rate of nearly six percent.

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

Across southwest Indiana, the number of COVID patients in the hospital dipped a bit to 155.

About 21 percent of intensive care beds were available in the 12-county region.

Statewide, the agency reported 26 new COVID fatalities.

The number of new infections jumped by more than 3,000 for a second straight day.

Meantime, the Green River Health District recorded four new COVID-related deaths: two from Henderson County, one from Daviess County, and another from Hancock County.

25 COVID patients were hospitalized in the seven-county district.