June 2, 2020 at 4:08 p.m.
County total is 53
Health department urges continued measures to prevent spread of COVID-19
County total is 53
Jay County is now at 53 cases.
Since Jay County Health Department announced Friday evening that the county had reached 50 cases, two additional cases were reported Saturday followed by one Sunday.
Jay County has averaged 1.2 new cases per day since the state’s stay-at-home restrictions began being lifted via Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Back on Track Indiana plan on May 4. It had averaged 0.53 cases per day between the report of its first case March 31 and May 3. The availability of testing has also increased over that period.
Thus far, 10.6 percent of Jay County residents who have been tested have come back positive for the disease caused by coronavirus.
No Jay County residents have died as a result of COVID-19.
The health department urged local residents to look out for their health and the health of their neighbors.
“Continue to practice social distancing, good hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette,” said administrator and environmentalist Heath Butz in a press release Friday. “Wear face coverings in public settings where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. These measures will help with the continued mitigation of COVID-19 and lower the risk of a resurgence.”
The health department is providing face masks for free to those who need them. Call (260) 726-8080 to schedule a time for pick up at the department’s office at 504 W. Arch St., Portland.
Jay County has the 35th-lowest case total among Indiana’s 92 counties.
Marion County (Indianapolis) has more than twice as many cases as any other county in the state at 9,900. Lake County (Gary) is next with 3,639. Pike County in southwest Indiana has the fewest with six.
Delaware County has the highest case total in the area with 385, followed by Mercer (216), Darke (174), Randolph (48), Wells (32), Blackford (26) and Adams (17).
Coronavirus is spread through respiratory droplets from sneezes and coughs, close personal contact and touching something with the virus on it and then touching the mouth, nose or eyes before washing hands.
Since Jay County Health Department announced Friday evening that the county had reached 50 cases, two additional cases were reported Saturday followed by one Sunday.
Jay County has averaged 1.2 new cases per day since the state’s stay-at-home restrictions began being lifted via Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Back on Track Indiana plan on May 4. It had averaged 0.53 cases per day between the report of its first case March 31 and May 3. The availability of testing has also increased over that period.
Thus far, 10.6 percent of Jay County residents who have been tested have come back positive for the disease caused by coronavirus.
No Jay County residents have died as a result of COVID-19.
The health department urged local residents to look out for their health and the health of their neighbors.
“Continue to practice social distancing, good hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette,” said administrator and environmentalist Heath Butz in a press release Friday. “Wear face coverings in public settings where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. These measures will help with the continued mitigation of COVID-19 and lower the risk of a resurgence.”
The health department is providing face masks for free to those who need them. Call (260) 726-8080 to schedule a time for pick up at the department’s office at 504 W. Arch St., Portland.
Jay County has the 35th-lowest case total among Indiana’s 92 counties.
Marion County (Indianapolis) has more than twice as many cases as any other county in the state at 9,900. Lake County (Gary) is next with 3,639. Pike County in southwest Indiana has the fewest with six.
Delaware County has the highest case total in the area with 385, followed by Mercer (216), Darke (174), Randolph (48), Wells (32), Blackford (26) and Adams (17).
Coronavirus is spread through respiratory droplets from sneezes and coughs, close personal contact and touching something with the virus on it and then touching the mouth, nose or eyes before washing hands.
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