If you want to know just where Fishers stands with the COVID-19 outbreak, check out the latest video from Monica Heltz of the city’s Health Department.  During 5 days in the past week-and-a-half, the city has registered 100 positive COVID tests on each of those 5 days.

The Fishers Health Department is forecasting positive COVID cases tripling locally before Christmas.  “That would mean possibly 2,500 to 6,500 new cases over the next month, which is pretty serious,” Heltz said.

Local hospitals are seeing a decrease in the number of Intensive Care Unit beds available, and more of those beds are taken by patients testing positive for COVID.

Bottom line, local Fishers COVID transmission continues to see a rapid increase, according to Heltz.

The demand for testing at the Fishers testing site has been on the rise.  As of Monday, November 23rd, it takes 2-4 days to get an appointment and 1-5 days to receive the results.

The state and county health departments have issued rules, but in Fishers, the public health order is generally more restrictive compared to the state and county.

All this leads the Fishers Health Department to encourage local residents to be careful during the Thanksgiving holiday.