DCHD: COVID-19 Morbidity & Mortality Report For July 17-23

If you are interested in getting tested at the Dearborn Adult Center, you may schedule an appointment online.

(Dearborn Co., Ind.) - The Dearborn County Health Department released a Morbidity and Mortality Report for the week of July 17 through July 23. The numbers reported include those tested with results. 

696 Dearborn County residents were tested for COVID-19 this past week. Testing for these residents was received from Highpoint Health, Indiana State Department of Health, Bethesda North, Mercy Health, Urgent Care Lawrenceburg, and LHI. 

Of the these 696 residents tested, 68 tests came back positive while 628 were negative. While only 10 percent of those tested were positive, the positive cases have more than doubled from the data given for the week of July 3 through July 9. There were no COVID-19 related deaths recorded in Dearborn County for the week of July 17 through July 23.

Additionally, no Dearborn County inmates or government employees tested positive during this time period. 

To date, Dearborn County has seen a total of 4,818 residents tested with 367 positive cases and 25 COVID-19 related deaths. Of the reported deaths, 1 was between the ages of 70-79, 14 were between the ages of 80-89, 8 between 90-99, and 2 were 100 years old or older. Looking further, 16 females and 9 males succumbed to their fight with the coronavirus. 

If you are interested in getting tested at the Dearborn Adult Center, you may schedule an appointment online. 

For more information on local and state numbers, visit https://www.coronavirus.in.gov/.