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AREA COUNTIES MOVE TO BLUE; NEW CASES BECOME MINIMAL

(Whitewater Valley)--Wayne and all other Whitewater Valley counties moved into the blue Wednesday on Indiana’s color-coded Covid-19 map.  The improvement to what is now considered low-level spread also triggers relaxed restrictions on gathering.  Since Monday, Wayne County has added only 13 new cases.  The county’s positivity rate is now just 2.6%.  The entire remainder of the Whitewater Valley – combined – has added just nine cases since Monday.  Reid Health this morning has only 12 Covid-19 patients in containment areas.  The number hasn’t been that low since July of last year.