Indiana reports 67 more COVID-19 deaths, fewer cases

The Indiana State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 1,065 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest number of cases since Oct. 6.

The state also reported 67 new deaths due to the coronavirus, the highest number since Jan. 26. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 120 of the past 121 days.

The department said 4,860 new individuals were tested Monday.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 fell, from 1,292 on Sunday to 1,265 on Monday, the lowest number since Oct. 11. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

The state said more than 240,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as Tuesday at 5 a.m. More than 718,000 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: 1,225

Total cumulative cases: 641,874

New deaths: 67

Total deaths: 11,526

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 4,860

Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,015,385

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.3%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 14.5%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 10.4%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 6.4%**

** 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 – Feb. 9)

First dose administered: 718,934 (daily increase of 19,179)

Fully vaccinated: 240,145 (daily increase of 16,572)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 83,339 (increase of 165)

Marion County new deaths: 11

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,587

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 12.3%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 6.2%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 30,990

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,326

Johnson County cumulative cases: 15,935

Madison County cumulative cases: 11,495

Boone County cumulative cases: 5,875

Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,220

Morgan County cumulative cases: 5,861

Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,475

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 37.6%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 12.6%

Available ventilators: 79.6%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 5.1%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Tuesday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 27,100,086

U.S. deaths: 465,186

Global cases: 106,585,708

Global deaths: 2,328,383

*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.