State’s daily COVID cases surge to 1,085, with 15 more deaths

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Indiana’s new cases and hospitalizations for COVID-19 have rebounded to levels last seen in May as an especially contagious coronavirus variant continues spreading, state data show.

After falling below 200 in late June, Indiana’s seven-day weekly average of new coronavirus cases reached 708 on Sunday. That’s the highest weekly average since May 20, when Indiana averaged 770 new cases, according to Tuesday’s update to the state’s coronavirus dashboard.

Tests conducted this month on a sample of Indiana’s coronavirus cases show nearly 87% of those were the delta variant, a mutated coronavirus that spreads more easily than other versions, the dashboard shows.

Indiana’s COVID-19 hospitalizations rose Monday to 735, the highest level since 746 people were being treated on May 28. The state’s COVID-19 hospitalizations peaked in late November, when more than 3,400 Hoosiers were hospitalized.

As of Tuesday, more than 2.93 million Hoosiers age 12 and older have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s equal to 50.4% of Indiana’s population eligible to receive a vaccine.

But the number of Hoosiers getting vaccinated weekly against COVID-19 has fallen from a peak of about 56,000 per week in early April to just under 6,900 per week as of Tuesday.

The Indiana Department of Health also said Tuesday that another 15 Hoosiers had died from COVID-19 over several days. Indiana’s pandemic toll now stands at 13,980 deaths, including confirmed and presumed coronavirus infections.

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. The department no longer issues reports on Saturday and Sunday.

COVID-19 cases

*New COVID-19 cases: 1,085

Total cumulative cases: 767,409

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 0

Total cumulative deaths: 13,552

New tested individuals: 3,424

Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,657,554

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21%

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.4%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 13%**

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 6.3%**

** 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–July 26)

First dose administered: 2,903,839 (increase of 13,759 from Friday)

Fully vaccinated: 2,927,425 (increase of 8,985 from Friday)

County numbers       

Marion County cumulative cases: 105,425 (increase of 166)

Marion County new deaths: 1

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,805

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 11.8%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 6.8%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 37,298

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 18,072

Johnson County cumulative cases: 18,822

Madison County cumulative cases: 13,548

Boone County cumulative cases: 7,184

Hancock County cumulative cases: 8,740

Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,910

Shelby County cumulative cases: 5,108

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 32.8%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 67.1%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Tuesday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 34,542,716

U.S. deaths: 611,062

Global cases: 194,945,610

Global deaths: 4,172,379

*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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7 thoughts on “State’s daily COVID cases surge to 1,085, with 15 more deaths

  1. Has anyone ever fact-checked these numbers? A motorcycle crash victim who died was considered a covid death, a family member who did not make it through heart surgery was considered a covid death. The fact hospitals and other health agencies received $13,900 for each covid death and $38,000 if a patient is on a respirator is certainly enough to cause one to question.
    I am not saying the virus isn’t real but I am saying the real pandemic is actually the misinformation.

    1. Christine M – Absolutely a valid point. I have a handful of contacts that died last year NOT due to Covid that were coded as Covid for the reimbur$ement. Very shady happenings and no one investigating it.

    2. Which health agency gets $13,900 when someone dies of COVID? And when did someone die on a motorcycle, but was counted as a COVID death? I’ve read that comment several times, but never seen any substantiation of it, just like the 99.98% survival rate comment that I see posted repeatedly without any math suggesting how that calculation is derived. Please provide us some more info.

  2. Yesterday it said “ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 6.8%.” Today it says “ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 67.1%.” Is that a typo or did it jump 60.3% in one day?

    1. Thank you! That link was helpful, so I’m glad you included it. 6.8% to 7.6% makes a lot more sense.

  3. The statistic that does not get discussed is the 7 day average deaths per day. We are at the lowest average since the pandemic started with 3 deaths per day. No death is good news but since we peaked out at 88 deaths per day (7 day rolling average) on January 3, 2021, this low average is a good number. The vaccines are working.

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