(Indianapolis, IN) - The COVID-19 positivity rate in La Porte County has dropped significantly. According to state health officials, the number of people testing positive over the past seven days in La Porte County is 8.6 percent.

In comparison, the positivity rate in La Porte County was close to 30 percent after the New Year.

La Porte County is now yellow in the state’s colored-coded system for measuring the risk of infection or just one level below blue, which is the safest of all levels. The positivity rate here is similar to about half of the other counties statewide.