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Indiana’s positive test rate for COVID-19 drops two percentage points in one week

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As the coronavirus numbers continue to rise in nationwide, there is some good news from Indiana’s State Department of Health.

The Department says Indiana’s 7-day positivity rate for COVID-19 was at 5.3% for the week ended September 1st.

The previous week’s numbers suggested the rate of infections was sitting at or hovering around 7.3%.

The department reported nearly 400 new cases Tuesday, bringing the state total to 100,780. More than 3,100 Hoosiers have died from COVID-19, and more than 77,000 have recovered after testing positive.

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As if any of these numbers are even close to real September 9, 2020 at 9:54 am

As if any of these numbers are even close to real…What a joke! Everyone knows thet numbers are crap but they just keep on making them up to fit their narrative. I guess enough people are falling for it so they will keep it going and going and going…

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