Jay is blue again

Jay County stayed blue.

It’s case total came down.

So did its positivity rate.

Jay County trended in the right direction in Wednesday’s update from Indiana State Department of Health, coming in with a “blue” (low risk for the spread of coronavirus) rating for the third week in a row.

After its numbers were up last week — the positivity rate was just 0.13 percentage points below the threshold for pushing the county to “yellow” (moderate risk) — the county saw its rate drop back to 3.36%. That’s down 1.51 percentage points from the previous week.

Jay County’s cases per 100,000 residents was also down, coming in at 48. It had been 68 a week earlier.

There was some movement in other counties in the area this week, with Blackford County shifting from yellow to blue while Delaware County went in the other direction from blue to yellow. Wells, Adams and Randolph counties were all blue again this week.

The state trend also improved slightly. While seven counties were rated “orange” (high risk) for the second week in a row, 52 were blue. That’s up from 46 last week. The remaining 33 counties were yellow.

Jay County currently has vaccination clinics available at Jay County Health Department and IU Health Jay, and vaccinations are open to all Hoosiers ages 16 and older. Appointments can be made online at ourshot.in.gov or by calling the state’s 2-1-1 telephone assistance service. The health department has also opened its vaccination clinic to walk-ins from noon to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

As of Wednesday, more than 10,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine had been administered in Jay County. That includes 4,714 individuals who are fully vaccinated.