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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 a record number of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations for the second day in a row.
The state reported 4,462 new cases on Thursday, topping the previous high of 3,756 set Wednesday.
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose from 1,897 on Tuesday to 1,948 on Wednesday. About 28% of the state’s intensive care beds are still available. About 26% are occupied by COVID-19 patients.
Thursday’s report also included 45 more COVID-19 deaths. Newly reported deaths have reached or topped 25 for 10 straight days and have been in double digits 28 times over the past 30 days.
The department said the seven-day moving average for cases reached another all-time high of 3,359.
The department reported the testing of 13,848 more unique individuals.Testing of new individuals has exceeded 10,000 for nine straight days.
The state’s seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals jumped from 16.7% on Wednesday to 17.1%.
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 cases: 4,462
Total cumulative cases reported Thursday: 196,176
Total cumulative cases reported Wednesday: 191,764
Increase in cumulative cases: 4,412
Increase in cases reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 60,932
Increase in cases reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 26,285
Increase in cases reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 27,769
Increase in cases reported July 1-Aug. 1: 21,170
Increase in cases reported June 1-July 1: 11,122
Increase in cases reported May 1-June. 1: 16,065
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 45
Total deaths: 4,269
Increase in deaths reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 706
Increase in deaths reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 325
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 322
Increase in deaths reported July 1-Aug. 1: 315
Increase in deaths reported June 1-July 1: 480
Increase in deaths reported May 1-June. 1: 914
Increase in deaths reported April 1-May 1: 997
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 13,848
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Thursday: 1,761,947
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Wednesday: 1,748,496
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 13,451
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 11.1%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 17.1%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 6.1%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 8.8%**
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 322,213
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 303,966
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 325,159
Increase in unique tested individuals reported July 1-Aug. 1: 268,890
Increase in unique tested individuals reported June 1-July 1: 223,820
Increase in unique tested individuals reported May 1-June 1: 166,257
Increase in unique tested individuals reported April 1-May 1: 85,264
** The health department reports the 7-day positivity rates with a six-day lag to allow time for more comprehensive results.
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 29,049 (increase of 390)
Marion County new deaths: 2
Marion County cumulative deaths: 800
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 13.9%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 7,691
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 3,868
Johnson County cumulative cases: 3,881
Madison County cumulative cases: 3,080
Boone County cumulative cases: 1,534
Hancock County cumulative cases: 1,496
Morgan County cumulative cases: 1,198
Shelby County cumulative cases: 1,139
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 28.5%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 26.3%
Available ventilators: 77.1%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 7%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 9,499,459
U.S. deaths: 233,836
Global cases: 48,280,133
Global deaths: 1,227,891
*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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Time to lock it down. Hey Governor!
Hey, Trumpsters!! Wear your masks!!
SInce they believe the coronavirus is under control (or fake news, or just the flu), they won’t do that.
Randy, everyone has been wearing masks for months now. Come up with a different line of rhetoric
Chuck W. – EVERYWHERE I go, I see knuckleheads who are not wearing masks or wearing them below their nose or around their neck. I know you see it too, so try another line of reasoning.
Rokita got it. Has the Guv been around him lately?
While we may still have 28.5% of ICU beds available, we still need well-rested, well protected doctors and nurses and other staff to take care of patients in those remaining ICU beds. Please wear masks, especially when you are around other people who are not in your household. Our frontline hospital staff has been working so hard to save lives, please don’t endanger them. Thank you.
Thank you, Mary. I don’t understand why this is so difficult for some to grasp.
New record numbers everyday!!!! How many citizens are we going let get sick and how many are we going let die? It really is as simple as that.
However, let me try to understand the logic of the State response to the surging pandemic: Stage 5 is okay. Our focus, per Dr. Box, is to increase the amount of healthcare staff and healthcare capacity to take care of the increasing number of sick people. Oh by the way, please wear you mask, pretty please!! (I love it when Health Commissioner, who recently got over COVID-19 episode, has only this to offer to curb the raging pandemic in our State.
As I have said before our State needs outside expertise (e.g. Dr. Anthony Fauci) to tell us citizens the REAL status of our State’s current plan to mitigate the pandemic of our State. The current “experts” from State outside of government (e.g. IU) have done little more than to create a bunch of numbers that are totally not understood by the common lay person.
There needs to a ground swell of outrage from the medical community (i.e. hospital, physicians, medical organizations, nursing organization, pharmacists, etc.) to force a change in how our State is handling the pandemic.
The State has the money to finance, through the Care ACT, to fund a more comprehensively plan to provide all the necessary tools (PPE, testing, contact tracing, etc.) to get the situation under control.
A responsible government would be able to balance the economy AND public health. Indiana appears not to be able to multi-task. A responsible State government would be able to do both. (As a small business owner, I have lost at least 50% of my income for the year. I know the financial consequences of the pandemic. It took months as the beginning to obtain the necessary amount of PPE to keep my employees and customers safe. I have been able to keep the staff intact as well. However, one does not know what the future will bring)
Hopefully, with the election over for the State, our local leaders will begin to multi-task. Frankly, I do not expect any progress. With the flu season beginning and with more indoor events, we need to expect that things are just going to get worse.
Everyone for our State should realize that our current situation was avoidable. Letting things get worse by this State’s administration is UNCONSCIONABLE and INDEFENSIBLE.
Everyone should re-watch the scene from “NETWORK” where Peter Finch gives a speech that still resonates today. Here is the YOUTUBE link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMVMbmQBug
Biden winning will be the start of the healing process in America. Meaning Covid and political and psychological. Probably more.