Indiana reports largest number of new COVID-19 deaths since mid-February

The Indiana State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 57 new deaths from COVID-19, the highest number since Feb. 12, when the daily report included 86 new deaths.

The state’s cumulative death toll from COVID rose to 13,885 and the seven-day moving average of new deaths jumped to 14 per day, the health department said.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose from 1,857 on Sunday to 1,956 on Monday, hitting the largest number since Jan. 25, when 1,976 people were hospitalized with the virus. More than 23% of Indiana’s intensive care unit beds are occupied by COVID patients.

The department reported 3,641 new cases of COVID-19, the third highest daily number since mid-January.

More than 3 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday at 5 a.m. About 19,316 other Hoosiers had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccine but not the second dose.

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: 3,641

Total cumulative cases: 829,010

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 57

Total cumulative deaths: 13,885

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 10,623

Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,836,684

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.6%

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.5%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 18.6%**

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 10.8%**

** 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–Aug. 24)

First dose administered: 3,077,486 (daily increase of 5,428)

Fully vaccinated: 3,058,170 (daily increase of 4,759)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 113,803 (increase of 515)

Marion County new deaths: 8

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,853

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 15.8%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 10.4%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 39,735

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 19,531

Johnson County cumulative cases: 20,677

Madison County cumulative cases: 14,937

Boone County cumulative cases: 7,629

Hancock County cumulative cases: 9,490

Morgan County cumulative cases: 7,589

Shelby County cumulative cases: 5,525

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 26.4%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 23.2%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Tuesday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 37,954,406

U.S. deaths: 629,739

Global cases: 212,802,557

Global deaths: 4,446,164

*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.