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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 Tuesday said statewide hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 are continuing to rise.
The state reported 29 new deaths from COVID, the highest number in the daily report since March 11, when 32 deaths were reported. The seven-day moving average of new deaths rose from five to eight per day, the health department said.
The department said statewide hospitalizations due to COVID rose from 1,462 on Sunday to 1,517 on Monday, the largest number since Feb. 3, when 1,541 people were hospitalized with the virus.
The state said 18% of Indiana’s intensive care unit beds are occupied by COVID patients.
The state reported 2,726 new cases of COVID-19, the second-highest number of new cases since Jan. 23, when 3,188 cases were reported. Marion County had 365 new COVID-19 cases.
The state said more than 3 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday at 5 a.m. About 17,150 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: 2,726
Total cumulative cases: 806,094
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 29
Total cumulative deaths: 13,743
New tested individuals: 7,048
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,765,487
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.4%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.4%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 19.6%**
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 10.4%**
** 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. 17)
First dose administered: 3,036,767 (daily increase of 7,096)
Fully vaccinated: 3,019,608 (daily increase of 5,411)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 110,865 (increase of 365)
Marion County new deaths: 2
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,834
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 17.3%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 10.5%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 38,848
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 19,010
Johnson County cumulative cases: 19,918
Madison County cumulative cases: 14,437
Boone County cumulative cases: 7,518
Hancock County cumulative cases: 9,212
Morgan County cumulative cases: 7,318
Shelby County cumulative cases: 5,360
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 28.6%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 18%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Tuesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 36,902,721
U.S. deaths: 622,529
Global cases: 208,109,987
Global deaths: 4,376,019
*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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