There is some good news on the local COVID-19 front: Hospitalizations in Elkhart County, due to the virus, have been dramatically reduced over the past four months.

The progress is a result of our frontline healthcare workers, local task forces and the citizens of this region working together,” according to the Elkhart County Health Department Board of Directors Chairman.

Their key metrics that show the coordination required to protect the public is working, though they say there is still have a lot of work to do.

Case in point, a meeting on Thursday night, Sep. 24, to present the metrics was called after dozens of people without masks described as “anti-maskers” crowded into the meeting room, resulting in concern about the ability to conduct the meeting in a safe environment.