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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 Thursday reported 31 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the cumulative total to 14,581. The seven-day moving average of new deaths rose from 26 to 27 per day, the health department said.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 2,527 on Tuesday to 2,524 on Wednesday. The peak was Nov. 30, when 3,460 were hospitalized.
More than a third (34%) of Indiana’s intensive care unit beds are occupied by COVID patients.
The state reported 4,157 cases of COVID-19, down from 4,733 cases in Wednesday’s report.
More than 3.18 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Thursday at 5 a.m., up by 7,774 from the previous day.
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 COVID-19 cases: 4,157
Total cumulative cases: 922,320
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 31
Total cumulative deaths: 14,581
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 11,856
Total cumulative tested individuals: 4,081,963
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 22.6%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.7%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%**
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 11.9%**
** The health department reports the 7-day positivity rates with a six-day lag to allow time for more comprehensive results.
COVID-19 vaccinations
Statewide totals (Dec. 14–Sept. 16)
First dose administered: 3,198,367 (daily increase of 5,277)
Fully vaccinated: 3,188,168 (daily increase of 7,774)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 125,741 (increase of 500)
Marion County new deaths: 3
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,955
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 19.6%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 12%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 43,160
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 21,821
Johnson County cumulative cases: 23,192
Madison County cumulative cases: 16,978
Boone County cumulative cases: 8,260
Hancock County cumulative cases: 10,606
Morgan County cumulative cases: 8,688
Shelby County cumulative cases: 6,428
Indiana intensive care unit usage
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 34%
Available ICU beds: 16.8%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 41,645,545
U.S. deaths: 666,806
Global cases: 226,643,823
Global deaths: 4,662,980
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A relative has had trouble getting in for a normal outpatient diagnostic procedure because the health care system is (1) clogged up with unvaccinated Covid patients, and (2) because nurses and doctors are burned out by this wave of mostly preventable disease.
And despite being healthy I don’t really want to die of something treatable (car accident) because I can’t get into an ER or hospital bed.
Just get vaccinated. Before hospitals start rationing care and putting unvaxed Covid patients at the bottom of the priority list.