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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 3,733 new cases of COVID-19 and 64 more deaths.
The state’s cumulative case count rose to 601,937 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits for 102 straight days.
The state said 12,321 new individuals were tested Wednesday in Indiana.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 ticked up by one patient, from 2,302 on Tuesday to 2,303 on Wednesday, marking only the second daily increase in two weeks. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said 87,506 Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 so far, an increase of 7,633 from the previous day.
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: 3,733
Total cumulative cases: 601,937
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 64
Total deaths: 9,218
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 12,321
Total cumulative tested individuals: 2,867,990
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 19.6%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 10.8%
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 – Jan 21)
First dose administered: 362,452 (increase of 23,935)
Fully vaccinated: 87,506 (increase of 7,633)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 83,111 (increase of 507)
Marion County new deaths: 5
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,322
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 18.9%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 10.5%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 29,039
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 14,188
Johnson County cumulative cases: 14,871
Madison County cumulative cases: 10,851
Boone County cumulative cases: 5,449
Hancock County cumulative cases: 6,575
Morgan County cumulative cases: 5,305
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,107
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 27%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 24%
Available ventilators: 73.8%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 9.5%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 24,446,837
U.S. deaths: 406,384
Global cases: 97,008,069
Global deaths: 2,078,315
*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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How many flu cases this year? Just asking. I already know the 600K is wrong because of people I know were tested positive in different places on referrals. Its a joke
Just get over it and wear a mask. Numbers are real again, we have a new President.
Funny you mention the flu, not many cases this year thanks to masks and social distancing, are there?
“Influenza, usually raging throughout the Northern Hemisphere this time of year, has become virtually invisible.
It is a small bright spot amid Covid-19, although the number of people saved from a flu death pales next to the number dying from the new pandemic. It also presents questions that doctors around the globe will likely be wrestling with for years: If flu can be nearly wiped out this season, why not every season? Which steps help the most to stop the flu from spreading?
“This is an extremely puzzling phenomenon. We’re in a historic, unbelievable situation,” said Norio Sugaya, a pediatrician who serves on a World Health Organization influenza committee.“
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-has-nearly-wiped-out-the-fluhow-do-we-keep-it-from-coming-back-11611230410?mod=djemalertNEWS
So Joe, Wesley, since seasonal flu is down but COVID is still raging, does this mean that the masks and social distancing are great for curbing the conventional flu but are doing absolutely nothing to help COVID? It’s all very, very puzzling.
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Aren’t these numbers furthering the suggestion held by many skeptics that the 90%+ drop in flu cases merely comes from a reclassification of seasonal flu deaths into a new category–specifically, COVID deaths? Dr. Birx herself admitted that they are “very liberal” in how they classify COVID deaths in the context of comorbidities. The Wall Street Journal, one of the few national publications that can (occasionally) be impelled to engage in real investigative journalism, fails to even consider this in the article.
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Many Americans still perceive this to be blatant political manipulation. Which is entirely their right.
And many Americans are wrong, especially those who go into a matter with a closed mind and who consume nothing but garbage information because it makes them feel good.
That the Wall Street Journal (should be noted, not exactly a liberal rag) doesn’t even consider your conspiracy theory valid enough to mention, much less debunk, should serve as a warning as to how much a waste of time that the suggestion is.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/30/fact-check-cdc-still-tracking-flu-deaths-2019-20-typical/3044888001/