(Indianapolis, IN) - In some parts of Indiana, more than 20% of people have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past seven days, according to the latest figures provided Friday by the Indiana State Department of Health. 

 

LaGrange County in the northeast part of the state and Perry County along the Ohio River each have positivity rates above 20%

 

According to ISDH, seven other Indiana counties have positivity rates of at least 15%.

None of those counties are in the immediate area.

 

Here in La Porte County, ISDH reported 143 news cases today or about twice as many as yesterday. 

 

The positivity rate in La Porte County was 11.9 percent.