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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowHospitals in Indiana are continuing to see an increase in COVID-19 patients as statewide cases rise to their highest level since late January.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Thursday reported 3,713 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number since Jan. 21, when 3,733 new cases were reported. Marion County reported 445 new COVID-19 cases.
The department said statewide hospitalizations due to COVID rose from 1,616 on Tuesday to 1,654 on Wednesday, the largest number since Jan. 28, when 1,725 people were hospitalized with the virus. The number has more than tripled in the past month. More than 20% of Indiana’s intensive care unit beds are occupied by COVID patients.
The state reported 15 new deaths from COVID, raising the cumulative number to 13,783. The seven-day moving average of new deaths rose from nine to 10 per day, the health department said.
More than 11,762 individuals were tested for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest daily testing number since mid-January.
The latest vaccination numbers were not yet available early Thursday afternoon. More than 3 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday at 5 a.m. About 17,330 other Hoosiers had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccine but not the second dose.
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: 3,713
Total cumulative cases: 813,046
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 15
Total cumulative deaths: 13,783
New tested individuals: 11,762
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,785,916
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.5%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.4%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 19.3%**
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 10.5%**
** 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–Aug. 18)
First dose administered: 3,043,551 (daily increase of 6,844)
Fully vaccinated: 3,026,218 (daily increase of 6,632)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 111,605 (increase of 445)
Marion County new deaths: 3
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,840
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 16.7%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 10.3%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 39,109
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 19,202
Johnson County cumulative cases: 20,093
Madison County cumulative cases: 14,584
Boone County cumulative cases: 7,555
Hancock County cumulative cases: 9,295
Morgan County cumulative cases: 7,387
Shelby County cumulative cases: 5,407
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 24.8%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 20.4%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 37,171,724
U.S. deaths: 624,346
Global cases: 209,561,882
Global deaths: 4,397,871
*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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I think there were 15 deaths for today (13783 – 13768). Vaccination numbers are 3,049,924 and 3,032,290.
monthly vaccines, double/triple masks. only way out
+1000. Solid sarcasm.
The positivity rate makes no sense to me as a useful parameter. You have to sample the population, not people who are taking tests. Hospitalizations and deaths, for vaccinated and not, do make sense.