(Indianapolis, IN) - One of the safest places in Indiana right now in terms of COVID-19 is here in La Porte County.  According to the Indiana State Department of Health, just 2.7 percent of people tested for COVID-19 in LaPorte County returned with a positive result over the past seven days.  That’s a drop from 4.9-percent just a few days ago.

A positivity rate of 5.0-percent or less is the goal for communities statewide to achieve the safest rating under state health guidelines.  In comparison, the positive rate the past seven days in Starke County is 7.1 percent and over six percent in St. Joseph, Porter and Lake counties, according to the ISDH.