(Indianapolis, IN) - The number of COVID-19 cases statewide continue to drop. 

According to the Indiana State Department of Health, the number of people testing positive the past seven days in La Porte County is now 9.5 percent.  It’s been several months since the positivity rate here and most other counties across the state has been below 10-percent.

Similar positivity rates are shown in Porter, Starke and Lake counties and it's even lower in St. Joseph County at 5.9 percent.  The average positivity rate statewide now stands at 9.5 percent.