All 92 of Indiana’s counties have reached the highest-risk level for COVID-19 spread for the first time since state health officials began releasing a statewide risk map during the pandemic.
spread for the first time since state health officials began releasing a statewide risk map during the pandemic.showed that as of Wednesday the entire state was in the highest-risk red category, which indicates very high community spread of COVID-19.
That was up from 81 counties rated in the red category last week. Indiana previously had seen a peak of 73 of its 92 counties in the red category in January 2021. The state’s county-level risk level is updated each Wednesday.The entire state entered the highest-risk category as the spread of the highly-contagious omicron variant continues, with that variant accounting for 74.3% of Indiana’s coronavirus cases recorded in January.
A healthcare worker prepares stacks of biological waste containers to be distributed in the Intensive Care Unit of Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, Indiana.Indiana’s hospitals had 3,492 people hospitalized as of Tuesday because of COVID-19. That’s the state’s second-highest total of COVID-19 hospitalizations, following a peak of 3,519 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 as of Jan. 13.
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