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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 971 new COVID-19 cases and 18 additional deaths in its daily report.
The state also reported the testing of 11,955 more individuals and a cumulative positivity rate for unique individuals of 8.7%.
Following are the latest COVID-19 numbers from the Indiana State Department of Health. The department updates its data daily based on information received through 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
COVID-19 cases
*New cases: 971
Total cumulative cases reported Wednesday: 89,359
Total cumulative cases reported Tuesday: 88,421
Increase in cumulative cases: 938
Increase in cases reported July 1-Aug. 1: 21,170
Increase in cases reported June 1-July 1: 11,122
Increase in cases reported May 1-June. 1: 16,200
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 18
Total deaths: 3,041
Increase in deaths reported July 1-Aug. 1: 315
Increase in deaths reported June 1-July 1: 480
Increase in deaths reported May 1-June. 1: 914
COVID-19 testing**
New tested individuals: 11,955
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Wednesday: 1,022,537
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Tuesday: 1,010,981
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 11,556
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 8.7%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.8%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 6.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 5.4%
Increase in tests reported July 1-Aug. 1: 268,890
Increase in tests reported June 1-July 1: 223,820
Increase in tests reported May 1-June. 1: 166,257
**The department began including antigen test results in its data on Aug. 24.
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 17,833 (increase of 143)
Marion County new deaths: 0
Marion County cumulative deaths: 745
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.5%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 3,639
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 2,204
Johnson County cumulative cases: 1,964
Madison County cumulative cases: 1,230
Boone County cumulative cases: 798
Hancock County cumulative cases: 786
Morgan County cumulative cases: 557
Shelby County cumulative cases: 609
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 36.8%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 12.2%
Available ventilators: 83.3%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.6%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Wednesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 5,788,185
U.S. deaths: 178,758
Global cases: 25,951,902
Global deaths: 820,835
*New cases, deaths and tests are previously unreported cases, deaths and tests submitted to the Indiana State Health Department in the 24 hours through 11:59 p.m. the previous day. The cases and testing categories typically contain numerous duplicates—as many as 20% or more—that are later eliminated from the cumulative totals.
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