(Indianapolis, IN) - The Indiana State Department of Health reports the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 statewide is over 10-percent.

In La Porte County, state health officials say people testing positive for COVID-19 over the past seven days is 7.2 percent. The positivity rate in St. Joseph County is seven percent and more than eight percent in Porter and Starke counties.

Positivity rates are trending higher in the southern part of the state, where some counties have positivity rates above 19 percent, according to ISDH officials.