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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 922 new cases of COVID-19, the 13th time in the past 14 days in which daily cases have been below 1,000.
The state reported also 32 new deaths due to the coronavirus. The department said 5,932 new individuals were tested.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 decreased from 657 on Tuesday to 598 on Wednesday, the lowest number since June 26. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 771,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Thursday at 5 a.m. More than 1.2 million had received the first dose of a vaccination.
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: 922
Total cumulative cases: 670,074
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 32
Total deaths: 12,382
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 5,932
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,166,538
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 8.6%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.6%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 3.1%**
** 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 – March 11)
First dose administered: 1,203,613 (daily increase of 25,386)
Fully vaccinated: 771,091 (daily increase of 26,392)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 91,657 (increase of 102)
Marion County new deaths: 4
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,669
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 5.8%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 2.6%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 32,624
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 16,011
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,563
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,849
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,226
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,502
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,160
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,662
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 32.5 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 4.5%
Available ventilators: 80.5%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 1.5%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 29,156,467
U.S. deaths: 529,302
Global cases: 118,176,526
Global deaths: 2,622,469
*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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