Indiana Department of Health

Northwest Indiana organizations are getting funding to reduce food insecurity, help people quit smoking and improve cardiovascular health. It's part of the Indiana Department of Health's second round of Health Issues and Challenges grants.

Indiana's first West Nile virus case of 2022 has been found in a Lake County resident, the Indiana Department of Health announced Thursday.

Organizations serving Northwest Indiana are getting a funding boost, to help them improve residents' health outcomes. The Indiana Department of Health says it's awarded more than $35 million in grants through the Health Issues and Challenges program.

All but five Indiana counties are seeing a low spread of COVID-19, according to this week's County Metrics Map from the Indiana Department of Health. Newton and Starke counties are among the five coded yellow. That indicates a moderate spread, based on the number of cases per capita and positivity rates.

COVID-19 spread remains low in Northwest Indiana, but some places are seeing an increase.

COVID-19 spread continues to trend downward in Northwest Indiana. Lake County is coded blue on this week's County Metrics Map from the Indiana Department of Health. That indicates a low community spread, based on the positivity rate and number of cases per capita. Porter, LaPorte, Newton and Jasper counties are all coded yellow, indicating a moderate spread.

COVID-19 spread continues to decrease in Northwest Indiana. All region counties are now coded yellow on this week's metrics map from the Indiana Department of Health. That means they're seeing a moderate spread, based on positivity rate and the number of cases per capita.

All of Northwest Indiana is out of the red status on this week's COVID-19 map from the Indiana Department of Health, but the spread of the virus remains high in some areas. Lake and Jasper counties are now coded yellow, indicating a moderate spread. But Porter, Newton, and LaPorte counties are in the orange — better than they had been, but still a high level of spread.

Lake County is out of the red status on this week's COVID-19 map from the Indiana Department of Health. It's now coded orange, which is less severe but still indicates a high spread of the virus.