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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 1,171 new COVID-19 cases, the largest number of new cases in the daily report since Sept. 25. New cases have exceeded 900 in five of the last seven daily reports.
The state also reported 13 additional deaths. The state has reported 96 deaths over the past seven days, up from 72 the previous week.
The department on Thursday reported the testing of 8,483 more unique individuals, the sixth time in eight days that testing has topped 8,000.
The cumulative positivity rate for unique individuals remained at 8.7% and the seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals dipped to 7%.
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: 1,171
Total cumulative cases reported Thursday: 121,176
Total cumulative cases reported Wednesday: 120,019
Increase in cumulative cases: 1,157
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: 13
Total deaths: 3,418
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: 8,483
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Thursday: 1,387,731
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Wednesday: 1,379,850
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 7,881
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 8.7%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 7%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 5.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 4%**
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: 21,781 (increase of 110)
Marion County new deaths: 1
Marion County cumulative deaths: 769
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.6%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 5,030
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 2,802
Johnson County cumulative cases: 2,409
Madison County cumulative cases: 1,769
Boone County cumulative cases: 1,011
Hancock County cumulative cases: 956
Morgan County cumulative cases: 747
Shelby County cumulative cases: 692
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 38.1%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 11.9%
Available ventilators: 79.9%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 3.5%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 7,237,043
U.S. deaths: 207,008
Global cases: 34,026,003
Global deaths: 1,015,107
*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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