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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 851 new COVID-19 cases, the 12th time in the past 13 days that new cases have exceeded 800 in the daily report.
Indiana has averaged a daily increase of 927 cases over the past week compared with 914 cases the previous week.
The department on Sunday also reported two more deaths from COVID-19, the lowest daily number since Aug. 23.
The state reported the testing of 9,963 more individuals, the 11th time in the past 12 days that testing of unique individuals has exceeded 9,000.
The state’s cumulative testing-positivity rate for unique individuals remained at 8.8%. The seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals rose from at 7.2% to 7.3%.
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: 851
Total cumulative cases reported Sunday: 99,804
Total cumulative cases reported Saturday: 98,961
Increase in cumulative cases: 843
Increase in cumulative cases reported Aug. 31-Sept. 6: 6,491
Increase in cumulative cases reported Aug. 24-30: 6,398
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: 2
Total deaths: 3,140
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 31-Sept. 6: 68
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 24-30: 69
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: 9,963
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Sunday: 1,138,868
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Saturday: 1,129,078
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 9,790
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 8.8%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 7.3%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 6.6%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 5.4%
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
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 19,196 (increase of 123)
Marion County new deaths: 0
Marion County cumulative deaths: 750
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 7.5%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 4,201
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 2,449
Johnson County cumulative cases: 2,088
Madison County cumulative cases: 1,402
Boone County cumulative cases: 889
Hancock County cumulative cases: 846
Morgan County cumulative cases: 621
Shelby County cumulative cases: 637
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 40.8%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 9.9%
Available ventilators: 81.5%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.4%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Sunday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 6,249,163
U.S. deaths: 188,574
Global cases: 26,929,464
Global deaths: 880,500
*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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We’ve been mandatorily wearing masks for six weeks, but the only change in the data I can see is it flattened the increase in new cases some, but did not change any of the other metrics.