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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 Wednesday reported 6,143 new COVID-19 cases, marking the seventh straight day with more than 5,000 reported new cases,
New cases have exceeded 4,000 for 14 straight days and have topped 2,000 for the past 28 days.
The state reported 60 new deaths on Tuesday, raising the cumulative total during the pandemic to 4,830. Newly reported deaths have reached or topped 25 in Indiana in 22 of the past 23 days. Deaths have been in double digits 41 times over the past 43 days.
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in Indiana jumped to another all-time high of 3,040 on Tuesday, up from 2,951 on Monday and 2,768 on Sunday.
Hospitalizations were at 2,001 less than two weeks ago and have more than tripled since Oct. 3.
COVID-19 patients occupy about 39% of the state’s intensive care beds. The state said 21.7% of its ICU beds are unoccupied.
The department said the seven-day moving average for cases reached another all-time high of 6,284.
The department reported the testing of 21,065 more unique individuals. Testing of new individuals has exceeded 13,000 daily for 14 straight days.
The state’s seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals rose from 23.2% on Tuesday to 23.4% on Wednesday. The seven-day positivity rate for all tests has climbed to 12.2%.
The health department on Wednesday reported 1,135 more resident COVID-19 cases at Indiana long-term-care facilities over the previous week and 128 more deaths, raising the cumulative number of cases to 12,820 and deaths to 2,701.
There were 904 more cases and no deaths among long-term-care staff reported over the previous week, bringing cumulative totals to 7,689 cases and 13 deaths.
The long-term-care statistics reflected results as of Nov. 11, the department said.
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: 6,143
Total cumulative cases reported Wednesday: 268,222
Total cumulative cases reported Tuesday: 262,207
Increase in cumulative cases: 6,015
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: 60
Total deaths: 4,830
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: 21,065
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Wednesday: 1,989,456
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Tuesday: 1,969,088
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 20,368
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 13.5%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 23.4%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 6.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 12.2%**
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: 37,552 (increase of 703)
Marion County new deaths: 1
Marion County cumulative deaths: 828
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 21%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 13.5%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 10,904
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 5,113
Johnson County cumulative cases: 5,387
Madison County cumulative cases: 4,183
Boone County cumulative cases: 2,076
Hancock County cumulative cases: 2,170
Morgan County cumulative cases: 1,787
Shelby County cumulative cases: 1,550
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 21.7%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 39%
Available ventilators: 72.7%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 9.4%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Wednesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 11,383,703
U.S. deaths: 248,995
Global cases: 55,828,041
Global deaths: 1,342,080
*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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Danish mask study released this morning:
Our results suggest that the recommendation to wear a surgical mask when outside the home among others did not reduce, at conventional levels of statistical significance, the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in mask wearers in a setting where social distancing and other public health measures were in effect, mask recommendations were not among those measures, and community use of masks was uncommon.
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817
Bet you thought no one would take the time to check the link and read the results of the “study “. Lots of holes in the science here, bud. Wear a friggin’ mask!!!
If you don’t want to wear a mask, Eric M, just do not go into places of businesses that require one. Problem solved! Why do you keep fighting this?
Sounds like the studies that “prove” humans don’t contribute to climate change. I wonder how many hundreds of studies I could provide that show the opposite of your new study.
Randy, I put the link in there so someone could read it.
Jennifer, I don’t care one iota if a business requires a mask. I am wearing one on flights; I will have to start wearing one at Costco since they no longer allow exceptions. There is no basis for a government mandate. And if a government wants to mandate it, it should be through the constitutional process, either by the legislature, city council, or county commission.
Wesley, show me the studies that show the opposite, but please at least make sure 1) it is RCT, and 2) not withdrawn. I would like to see more of these types of studies. That is my understanding of the scientific method. But Fauci the scientist doesn’t like that. “I would not want to do a randomized controlled study because that would mean having people not wear masks and see if they do better,” he said.
The Danish Study should not be considered to avoid masks. A superficial reading of it is very misleading. Remember the background incidence of the COVID-19 in the US and Indiana is much worse than in that trial. So, I will say again and again and again:
It is beyond belief that anyone in our local and State governments would allow this total disaster to continue unchecked. The State’s plan is too little and too late. The plan must be more aggressive and thorough. It is totally clear that the current administration does not have the internal medical expertise to make a decent plan to balance both health and the economy simultaneously. It appears that there is no group within our State that is willing to seriously confront the current administration to force it to make significant chances. Healthcare professionals, hospital systems, medical societies, etc. have been eerily silent.
Even though I have written the following many times before, the basics remain the same. The citizens of our State have to get the message again and again and again, etc. (Remember how long it took to get people to wear seat belts!!!!!!!!!!! The same craziness against seat belts is being used to avoid masks. Many of the same mistakes were made during the 1918 pandemic as well. Too bad history seems to be avoided in our schools at all levels.)
New record numbers every day!!!! How many citizens are we going to let get sick, and how many are going to 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 your mask, pretty please!! (I love it when the 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 comprehensive 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 multitask. 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
By my math, this is 771 deaths in Indiana so far this month. This will be the deadliest month ever.
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And for those of a certain age, remember watching the Evening News in the late 60s and early 70s with the casualty count every night? We’ve had FIVE Vietnam wars worth of Covid deaths so far this year. And plenty of POWs (those with long term symptoms).
Indiana will continue to merely “brace” itself while Dane County, WI will actually DO something! It’s a sacrilege that whether you live or die depends upon in which state you reside…..https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/new-dane-county-order-bans-indoor-gatherings-limits-outdoor-gatherings-to-10-people/article_68408460-5cd8-51ed-9855-d45eefce3760.html