These Indiana counties face COVID-19 restrictions after the latest map update
Ethan MayClick here for an updated list of Indiana counties affected by restrictions.
Indiana continues to see moderate to high spread of COVID-19 in the vast majority of its counties, a Wednesday update to the state health department's map shows.
The Indiana State Department of Health's color-coded map puts 74 of Indiana's 92 counties in the orange category, an increase of four from last week.
Seventeen Indiana counties are in red, the category showing the highest spread. That's four fewer than last week.
Once again zero Indiana counties are seeing minimal spread, and again only one county is showing moderate spread. Last week that county in the yellow category was Putnam; this week it's Rush.
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The lack of significant improvement in the number of counties in the worst categories was somewhat expected because a county must meet the criteria of a lesser category for two consecutive weeks before moving down. That means the 12 counties that moved into red last week couldn't move to orange this week regardless of how their numbers improved.
Indianapolis and all of its doughnut counties remain in the orange category.
The data used for the updated map came from 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The map will update again at noon next Wednesday. The state uses each county's seven-day positivity rate and the weekly number of cases per 100,000 residents to assign colors. See more detail about the map's scoring here.
These county color categorizations are accurate as of Wednesday, Nov. 25.
Yellow county:
- Rush
Orange counties:
- Adams
- Bartholomew
- Benton
- Boone
- Brown
- Carroll
- Cass
- Clark
- Clay
- Clinton
- Crawford
- Daviess
- De Kalb
- Decatur
- Delaware
- Dubois
- Floyd
- Fountain
- Fulton
- Gibson
- Greene
- Hamilton
- Hancock
- Harrison
- Hendricks
- Henry
- Howard
- Huntington
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Jefferson
- Jennings
- Johnson
- Knox
- Kosciusko
- La Porte
- Lawrence
- Madison
- Marion
- Marshall
- Martin
- Miami
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- Noble
- Ohio
- Orange
- Owen
- Perry
- Pike
- Porter
- Posey
- Pulaski
- Putnam
- Randolph
- Scott
- Shelby
- Spencer
- St. Joseph
- Starke
- Switzerland
- Tippecanoe
- Tipton
- Union
- Vanderburgh
- Vermillion
- Vigo
- Warren
- Warrick
- Washington
- Wayne
- Wells
- White
Red counties:
- Allen
- Blackford
- Dearborn
- Elkhart
- Fayette
- Franklin
- Grant
- Jay
- Lagrange
- Lake
- Newton
- Parke
- Ripley
- Steuben
- Sullivan
- Wabash
- Whitley
Restrictions
These restrictions remain in place for each color:
In orange counties:
- Attendance at winter indoor K-12 extracurricular and cocurricular events is limited to 25% capacity.
- Capacity in common areas and break rooms should be reduced.
- Community recreational sports leagues and tournaments may continue with attendance limited to participants, required personnel and parents/guardians.
- Social gatherings of any kind, inside or outside, are limited to 50 people.
- Special, seasonal or commercial events planned for more than 50 people require approval of a safety plan by the local health department.
In red counties:
- Attendance at winter indoor K-12 extracurricular and co-curricular activities, including IHSAA sports, is limited to participants, support personnel and parents/guardians.
- Local officials may consider limiting hours for the operation of bars, nightclubs and restaurants.
- Community recreational sports leagues and tournaments may continue with participants, required personnel and parents/guardians only.
- Senior care activities are suspended.
- Hospitals, long-term care facilities and other congregate settings may impose visitation limits.
- Common areas and break rooms should be closed.
Local governments may implement stricter rules, as Indianapolis has done.
Contact IndyStar transportation reporter Ethan May at emay@indystar.com or 317-402-1058. Follow him on Twitter: @EthanMayJ.