Vanderburgh County reports 52,591 residents full vaccinated, 29 new cases

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Vanderburgh County on Wednesday reported 526 more residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Meanwhile, the county also reported 29 new coronavirus cases and no new deaths. The total number of cases now stands at 22,016 cases. Vanderburgh County's seven-day positivity rate for individuals, 11.9%, fell Wednesday after several days of increases.

All the data can be found on the Indiana State Department of Health's statewide dashboard of cases and the state agency's COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard.

Almost all of Vanderburgh County's reported 52,591 fully vaccinated residents — 50,870, or 97% — got there by taking both stages of the two-dose Moderna or Pfizer vaccines. The ISDH on Wednesday asked vaccine providers to pause the distribution of the single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine pending federal review after six reported cases of a very rare blood clot found in women who received the shot.

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In all, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Posey and Gibson counties report 85,951 fully vaccinated individuals. Statewide, the number is 1,465,361.

Gibson County reported one coronavirus-related death Wednesday, bringing the death toll there to 89. There have been 393 total COVID-19 deaths in Vanderburgh County since the first one occurred April 6 of last year. Warrick County has reported 155 deaths and Posey 33.

Statewide, there were 1,233 new cases of COVID-19 and 20 new deaths reported on Wednesday. The pandemic's toll stands at 701,971 cases and 12,782 deaths statewide.

Gibson County reported seven new cases, Warrick County six and Posey one. Seven-day positivity rates for individuals in those small counties were a mixed bag. Warrick ticked up from 12.4% to 12.9%, while Posey dropped from 12.8% to 7.9% and Gibson from 10.7% to 9.5% Wednesday.

Posey joined Vanderburgh as a "blue" county on the ISDH's color-coded map, which uses the colors blue, yellow, orange and red to represent outbreak severity. The map is updated on Wednesday of each week. Warrick and Gibson remained at the "yellow" level.

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Indiana COVID-19 statistics

New positive cases: 1,233

Total positive cases: 701,971

New deaths: 20

Total deaths: 12,782

7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 13.2%

Total who are fully vaccinated: 1,465,361

Vanderburgh

New positive cases: 29

Total positive cases: 22,016

Total deaths: 393

7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 11.9%

Total who are fully vaccinated: 52,591

Warrick

New positive cases: 6

Positive cases: 7,671

Total deaths: 155

7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 12.9%

Total who are fully vaccinated: 19,183

Posey

New positive cases: 1

Positive cases: 2,681

Total deaths: 33

7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 7.9%

Total who are fully vaccinated: 6,526

Gibson

New positive cases: 7

Positive cases: 4,268

Total deaths: 89

7-day positivity rate for unique individuals: 9.5%

Total who are fully vaccinated: 7,651