Nearly half of Indiana counties were rated with the highest risk level of coronavirus spread in Wednesday’s state update.
The Indiana State Department of Health tracking map placed 45 of the state’s 92 counties in the most dangerous red category, up 21 from a week earlier.
Among the counties in the red zone are Pike, Dubois, Lawrence, Gibson, Posey, and Spencer.
Forty-six other counties are in the next-riskiest orange category of the four-level system, which is updated weekly.
Only east-central Indiana’s Jay County was rated “moderate risk,” the first county in four weeks to enter the yellow category.
Among other things, the color designation restricts the size of gatherings.
