County adds 42 new COVID cases in recent days
With 42 new cases reported since Thursday, Putnam County has now had 584 cases of COVID-19 reported since the pandemic began in March.
Despite the increase, however, the county’s seven-day positivity rate on tests remains at relatively low rate of 5.3 percent, according to the Indiana State Department of Health.
The numbers for the county include any new cases at Putnamville Correctional Facility, which has not reported any new cases since Thursday, with 210 confirmed cases among inmate, 199 of whom have recovered. Eight offenders remain in isolation, while 37 others are in quarantine, according to Indiana Department of Correction information.
DePauw University was reporting seven active cases on campus as of Monday, a decrease of three from Thursday. Meanwhile, 56 other members of the DePauw community remained in quarantine for possible exposure.
At Putnam County’s four school corporations, the latest numbers indicate that Cloverdale Schools has reported four cases of COVID-19, with three at North Putnam, two at South Putnam and one at Greencastle.