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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 Friday reported 878 new cases of COVID-19. Daily cases have been below 1,000 for 13 straight days and for 21 of the past 22 days.
The state also reported 15 new deaths due to the coronavirus, moving the cumulative total to 12,510.
The department said 6,274 new individuals were tested.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dipped from 612 on Wednesday to 595 on Thursday. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 915,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday at 5 a.m. More than 1.38 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: 878
Total cumulative cases: 676,247
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 15
Total deaths: 12,510
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 6,274
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,205,024
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 19)
First dose administered: 1,389,008 (daily increase of 32,376)
Fully vaccinated: 915,719 (daily increase of 25,668)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 92,305 (increase of 86)
Marion County new deaths: 1
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,684
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 5.9%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 2.9%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 32,908
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 16,141
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,737
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,935
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,276
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,574
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,213
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,683
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 34.3 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 3.6%
Available ventilators: 82.2%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 1.3%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Friday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 29,670,129
U.S. deaths: 539,801
Global cases: 121,931,506
Global deaths: 2,693,814
*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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