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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 Monday morning said the number of presumptive positive cases for COVID-19 in the state has risen to 259 after the emergence of 58 more cases.
The department now reports that 1,960 people have been tested. The ISDH said the test number reflects only those tests reported to the department and the numbers should not be characterized as a comprehensive total.
The death toll in the state rose from six to seven from Sunday’s report.
Marion County reported 110 cases with three deaths.
Other area counties with cases are Hendricks (12), Johnson (14), Hamilton (21), Boone (3), Hancock (3), Madison (3) and Shelby (1).
The health department is providing case updates daily at 10 a.m. based on results received through midnight.
Health officials say Indiana has far more coronavirus cases—possibly thousands more—than those indicated by the number of tests.
Cases have been confirmed in 40 Indiana counties so far.
As of Friday morning, 35,241 cases had been reported in the United States with 471 deaths, according to a running tally maintained by health researchers at Johns Hopkins University & Medicine.
More than 351,000 cases have been reported globally with 15,374 deaths. More than 100,400 people have recovered.
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