I try to watch the weekly video updates from the Fishers Health Department, hoping for some glimmer of hope on the status of COVID-19 in our city.  Sadly, the December 8 numbers are grim.

“I would not be surprised if (Hamilton) County went to red in the next one to two weeks based on the state’s metrics,” said Fishers Public Health Director Monica Heltz in a video posting.  Red is the highest risk category for coronavirus.

Ms. Heltz listed plenty of numbers in the December 8th update.  Here is one – November shows 2,100 COVID cases in Fishers (more case reports for November are coming-in).  That is triple the number of cases compared to October.

Another statistic of concern centers on hospital capacity, which continues to decline, according to Heltz.  Intensive Care Units were at 23% availability last week….that number is 20% this week.

In the past week, Fishers has recorded 565 COVID cases and one death.

There are many more numbers.  To hear about them all, you can watch the nearly 6-minute video by Ms. Heltz at this link.