After deadline on
Monday, the Porter County Health Department (PCHD reported 89 new COVID-19
cases over the previous 24 hours (177 new cases on Sunday), to bring the
total so far to 11,651.
Deaths
PCHD reported no
additional deaths on Monday.
To date, 156 Porter
County residents have lost their lives to COVID-19. Deaths by township: in
Duneland, 15 Liberty residents; 10 Westchester; and three Jackson. Outside
of Duneland: 66 Center residents; 52 Portage; seven Union; one Boone; and
one Washington; and one Pleasant.
Deaths by
demographic: five in the 40-49; 12 in the 50-59; 21 in the 60-69; 35 in the
70-79; 47 in the 80-89; and 36 in the 90-and-over.
Hospitalizations
PCHD also reported
27 hospitalizations on Monday, down from 29 on Sunday.
Of Monday’s 27
hospitalizations, six were residents of long term care facilities (LTCFs).
LTCFs
Of the new cases
reported on Monday, only one was a resident of a long term care facility, to
bring the total so far to 520, up from 519 on Sunday.
Of those cases, six
were hospitalized on Monday, unchanged from Sunday; 406 have recovered, up
from 400 on Sunday; and 90 have died, unchanged from Sunday.
As of Monday, there
were 24 active COVID-19 cases in Porter County LTCFs, down from 29 on
Sunday.
Active Cases
PCHD reported
10,232 recoveries on Monday, up from 9,516 on Sunday.
Total active cases
in Porter County as of Monday, after subtracting the 10,232 recoveries and
156 deaths: 1,352, down from 1,979 on Sunday.
Other Indicators
-- New cases per
100,000 residents as of Monday: 556 (566 on Sunday; 502 on Dec. 14).
--
Unique-individual positivity rate as of Dec. 13: 20.9 percent (22.2 percent
on Dec. 12; 24.5 percent on Dec. 6).
-- All-test
positivity rate as of Dec. 13: 9.7 percent (10.5 percent on Dec. 12; 12.7
percent on Dec. 6). Note: both positivity rates lag up to eight days due to
Indiana State Department of Health reporting methods.
Duneland Cases by
Township
-- Westchester:
1,360 cases (1,345 on Sunday). Active cases: 168 (237 on Sunday).
-- Liberty: 683
cases (673). Active cases: 86 (109)
-- Jackson: 231
cases (231). Active cases: 19 (33).
-- Pine: 64 cases
(64). Active cases: 12 (17).
Other Townships
-- Portage: 3,627
cases (3,609 on Sunday). Active cases: 356 (538 on Sunday).
-- Center: 3,429
(3,403). Active cases: 413 (594).
-- Washington: 386
cases (383). Active cases: 44 (68).
-- Union: 661 cases
(657). Active cases: 86 (139).
-- Boone: 395 cases
(388). Active cases: 56 (84).
-- Pleasant: 219
cases (218). Active cases: 41 (58).
-- Morgan: 300
cases (299). Active cases 40 (49).
-- Porter: 385
cases (381). Active cases: 31 (53).