ISDH to launch new tool

ISDH to launch new tool

And another of friday.

Soon... you'll be able to better track covid-19 cases across the state.

The indiana state department of health is launching a new tool.

News 10's richard solomon learned more about it... and walks us through how it will work.

Richar} what you're looking at right here is the state health department's dashboard.

Roni elder with the vigo county health department says a new data section will be added for educators specifically.

She says this is to help track the virus as we advance through the school year.

Pk} lets face it.

The coronavirus isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

And... as students and teachers return to schools... the state health department is launching a new way to track covid-19.

"it allows people to see more information about covid-19 within the school corporation."

Roni elder with the vigo county health department went over the new data dashboard with me.

The dashboard will keep track of the number of covid-19 cases in any school.

And... with cases starting to appear in vigo county schools... elder thinks this tool will be very useful.

"we see every year just with kids going back to school all the things that they pass around in general let alone covid-19.

If one student has covid-19 and they're not masking, following proper social distancing, it could spread to everyone they've come in contact with within a couple days," dr. kristiana box introduced this new dashboard during a recent briefing with the indiana governor.

The state health department has access to nearly 500,000 student records from the indiana departent of education.

Elder says this will help them match positive cases in the schools.

"the dashboard will really help parents.

The school corporation is not hiding anything from them and they can feel a little comfort knowing what the numbers are in their childs schools."

Richar} dr. box says this new dashboard could be available as early as september.

Reporting in the newsroom, richard solomon, news