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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 Sunday reported 779 new cases of COVID-19. Daily cases have been below 1,000 for 15 straight days and for 23 of the past 24 days.
The state also reported 21 new deaths due to the coronavirus, the highest mark since March 13.
The department said 4,912 new individuals were tested Saturday.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increased from 577 on Friday to 592 on Saturday. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 948,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sunday at 5 a.m. More than 1.43 million had received the first dose of a two-dose 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: 779
Total cumulative cases: 677,905
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 21
Total deaths: 12,536
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 4,912
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,215,271
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.1%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 8.5%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.4%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 3.2%**
** 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 – March 21)
First dose administered: 1,434,023 (daily increase of 15,783)
Fully vaccinated: 948,555 (daily increase of 13,188)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 92,522 (increase of 104)
Marion County new deaths: 2
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,687
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 2.8%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 33,000
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 16,181
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,792
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,961
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,294
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,605
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,229
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,691
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 34.9 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 3.6%
Available ventilators: 81.7%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 1.3%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Sunday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 29,791,371
U.S. deaths: 542,026
Global cases: 123,007,936
Global deaths: 2,712,137
*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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