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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 Thursday reported 463 new COVID-19 cases—the highest number of new cases in the department’s daily report since May 28, when 571 were reported.
The state health department also reported 16 new deaths from COVID-19, increasing the cumulative death tally to 13,482. The state has averaged three deaths per day from COVID over the past seven days.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 ticked down from 423 on Tuesday to 418 on Wednesday. Hospitalizations are down from a recent high of 1,019 on May 4. The pandemic-high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 2.85 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.82 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. The department no longer issues reports on Saturday and Sunday.
COVID-19 cases
*New COVID-19 cases: 463
Total cumulative cases: 756,625
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 16
Total cumulative deaths: 13,482
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 2,901
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,598,345
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.5%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.4%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 3%**
** 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–July 8)
First dose administered: 2,826,839 (daily increase of 3,329)
Fully vaccinated: 2,851,513 (daily increase of 4,617)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 103,823 (increase of 50)
Marion County new deaths: 5
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,798
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 5.8%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 2.6%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 36,793
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 17,803
Johnson County cumulative cases: 18,560
Madison County cumulative cases: 13,263
Boone County cumulative cases: 7,056
Hancock County cumulative cases: 8,629
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,809
Shelby County cumulative cases: 5,051
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 36.2%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 3.2%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 33,773,737
U.S. deaths: 606,249
Global cases: 185,239,541
Global deaths: 4,004,646
*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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