Indiana reports another 86 COVID-19 deaths, 1,445 cases

The Indiana State Department of Health on Friday reported 1,445 new cases of COVID-19, the 11th time in 13 days that new cases have been below 2,000.

The state also reported 86 new deaths due to the coronavirus, the highest number reported since Jan. 19. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 123 of the past 124 days.

The department said 7,378 new individuals were tested Thursday.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 1,226 on Wednesday to 1,178 on Thursday, the lowest number since Oct. 7. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

The state said more than 300,742 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday at 5 a.m. More than 779,240 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: 1,445

Total cumulative cases: 646,425

New deaths: 86

Total deaths: 11,690

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 7,378

Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,036,554

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.3%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 13.7%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 10.3%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 5.8%**

** 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. 12)

First dose administered: 779,240 (daily increase of 19,302)

Fully vaccinated: 300,742 (daily increase of 20,752)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 88,881 (increase of 190)

Marion County new deaths: 4

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,601

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 11.1%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 5.6%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 31,211

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,456

Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,025

Madison County cumulative cases: 11,556

Boone County cumulative cases: 5,946

Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,279

Morgan County cumulative cases: 5,899

Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,510

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 37%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 10.4%

Available ventilators: 79.3%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 4.3%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Friday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 27,397,925

U.S. deaths: 475,721

Global cases: 107,905,947

Global deaths: 2,371,502

*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.