Wissel Tells County Board That COVID Cases Still On The Uptick

Positive cases of COVID-19 are still on the rise in Wabash County. At yesterday’s county board meeting, health department administrator Judy Wissel reported there have been 59 new positive cases since the last county board meeting two weeks ago, including 15 new cases yesterday alone. Over the last month, Wissel said there have been 90 new cases compared to just 7 the month prior. Increased COVID testing over the last few days has lowered Wabash County’s positivity rate from 17.2% last week to 8.5% currently. Wissel said all three vaccines continue to be available at the health department and testing is being done every day between 11 and 3.