The Fishers Health Department had been providing weekly video updates on the COVID-19 situation locally, but has just gone to once-every-two-weeks for updates.  It has been two weeks since FHD has offered an update on COVID from Epidemiologist Josh Robinson.  Let’s just say this is the best COVID news Fishers has seen in quite some time.

“Since we had our last community update 2 weeks ago,  we’ve seen a continued decrease in the number of newly-reported COVID-19 here locally, regionally, state-wide and nation-wide, ” says Robinson in his latest video.  “We have also seen an improvement in the health care system capacity, in terms of an increase in ICU bed availability and a decrease in the occupation of hospital beds by those with COVID-19.”

Some numbers he shared tell the story best. FHD has seen a 97% reduction in weekly cases since the peak of the omicron wave.  The case incidence rate is down dramatically, from 42.7 to 13.4.  Only 56 positive tests have been tallied locally in the most recent reporting period.

The Centers for Disease Control issued new local guidance recently.  Robinson says the Fishers Board of Health will meet in March and discuss how to align metrics used by the Fishers Health Department with that new CDC guidance.

Below is the video from Josh Robinson, posted Tuesday afternoon.