WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
COVID-19 cases have remained under 1000 for nearly a week, with 582 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Indiana on Monday. The Indiana State Department of Health reports that Monroe County saw 13 new confirmed cases yesterday, and reported 2 new COVID-19 deaths. Lawrence County reported two new positive cases and one COVID-19 death. Brown county reported no new cases.
Starting today, Hoosiers ages 55 to 59 are now eligible to sign up and receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Hoosiers who are first responders or healthcare workers can also get their vaccines. If you qualify, you can sign up online by visiting ourshit.in.gov, over the phone by calling 2-1-1 for assistance, or by contacting one of Indiana’s Area Agencies on Aging.
This past weekend, Indiana University added the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity to its quarantine list. Phi Kappa Psi is the third greek house directed to quarantine during the spring semester, and it’s the second time the house has been asked to quarantine this school year. The Evans Scholars house is also on IU’s quarantine list. It’s been on the list for about two weeks.
Early in the Fall Semester, the University provided specific data on each greek house, which included the number of positive cases per house, and statistics on mitigation testing results. The web page that provided this information has not been updated since September of 2020.
