Indiana Reports Zero Counties In Red Status; State Sending Out Mobile COVID-19 Vaccine Sites

Scott County will have a mobile vaccine site, located at the Mid-America Science Park, beginning on Thursday, February 25.

(Indianapolis, Ind.) – Indiana continues to see improvements in COVID-19 statistics.

Governor Eric Holcomb began his weekly COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday by extending the county color-coded restrictions executive order, and the public health emergency another 30 days, despite trending in the right direction.

“We have made remarkable progress in relatively a short period of time. This is not a mission accomplished moment, far from it.” said Holcomb.

As COVID-19 spread across the state continues to decline, Governor Holcomb stated that COVID-19 deaths continue to be a concern with 215 deaths reported in the last seven days. The Indiana State Department of Health reported yesterday that 39 counties are in the blue metric, up from 11 last week.

The remaining counties are in the orange or yellow category with no counties being in the red category.

Locally, Jefferson, Jennings, Switzerland, and Ripley Counties are in the yellow category. Scott County is in the orange metric.

According to Dr. Lindsay Weaver, 921,000 Hoosiers have received at least their first dose of the vaccine with 480,000 Hoosiers being fully vaccinated. Nearly 1.9 million appointments have been scheduled since vaccines became available in December.

The state will be sending out 10 mobile vaccine units that will be traveling to counties where appointments for the vaccine are booked for the foreseeable future.

Scott County will have a mobile vaccine site, located at the Mid-America Science Park, beginning on Thursday, February 25.

Appointments are required and can be scheduled by visiting ourshot.in.gov or by calling 211. To be vaccinated, individuals must be eligible under the state’s current guidelines.

Those who are 60 and older, first responders, or healthcare workers are currently eligible to receive the vaccine.  

For more information, you can visit the state department of health’s website, or by visiting ourshot.in.gov.