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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 Tuesday reported 990 new COVID-19 cases, the fifth time in six days that new cases have exceeded 900.
The state also reported 30 additional deaths from COVID-19, the highest number of deaths contained in a single daily report since 32 were reported on June 6. The department included deaths from Sept. 25 to Oct. 5.
The department on Monday reported the testing of 7,473 more unique individuals.
The cumulative positivity rate for unique individuals rose from 8.8% to 8.9% and the seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals rose from 8.5% to 8.8%.
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: 990
Total cumulative cases reported Tuesday: 126,946
Total cumulative cases reported Monday: 125,976
Increase in cumulative cases: 970
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: 30
Total deaths: 3,484
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: 7,473
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Tuesday: 1,432,219
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Monday: 1,425,175
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 7,044
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 8.9%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 8.8%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 5.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 4.9%**
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: 22,440 (increase of 100)
Marion County new deaths: 1
Marion County cumulative deaths: 770
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 7.5%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 5,245
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 2,859
Johnson County cumulative cases: 2,516
Madison County cumulative cases: 1,878
Boone County cumulative cases: 1,047
Hancock County cumulative cases: 981
Morgan County cumulative cases: 779
Shelby County cumulative cases: 702
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 36.4%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 14.8%
Available ventilators: 80.6%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 3.6%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Tuesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 7,420,206
U.S. deaths: 209,811
Global cases: 35,241,027
Global deaths: 1,038,151
*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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