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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 Wednesday reported 786 new cases of COVID-19. New cases have been below 1,000 nine times over the past 11 days.
The state also reported 9 new deaths due to the coronavirus, marking the first time since Jan. 31 that deaths have fallen to single digits in the daily report. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 141 of the past 143 days.
The department said 4,825 new individuals were tested Monday.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 765 on Monday to 731 on Tuesday, the lowest number since Sept. 12. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 608,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday at 5 a.m. More than 1 million 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: 786
Total cumulative cases: 663,511
Increase in cases reported Feb. 1-March 1: 33,822
Increase in cases reported Jan. 1-Feb. 1: 110,618
Increase in cases reported Dec. 1-Jan. 1: 173,400
Increase in cases reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 162,265
Increase in cases reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 60,932
Increase in cases reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 26,285
Increase in cases reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 27,769
Increase in cases reported July 1-Aug. 1: 21,170
Increase in cases reported June 1-July 1: 11,122
Increase in cases reported May 1-June. 1: 16,065
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 9
Total deaths: 12,200
Increase in deaths reported Feb. 1-March 1: 2,549
Increase in deaths reported Jan. 1-Feb. 1: 1,597
Increase in deaths reported Dec. 1-Jan. 1: 2,418
Increase in deaths reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 1,474
Increase in deaths reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 706
Increase in deaths reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 325
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 322
Increase in deaths reported July 1-Aug. 1: 315
Increase in deaths reported June 1-July 1: 480
Increase in deaths reported May 1-June. 1: 914
Increase in deaths reported April 1-May 1: 997
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 4,825
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,127,593
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 9.6%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 3.5%**
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Feb. 1-March 1: 156,614
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Jan. 1-Feb. 1: 313,617
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Dec. 1-Jan. 1: 432,706
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 507,314
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 322,213
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 303,966
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 325,159
Increase in unique tested individuals reported July 1-Aug. 1: 268,890
Increase in unique tested individuals reported June 1-July 1: 223,820
Increase in unique tested individuals reported May 1-June 1: 166,257
Increase in unique tested individuals reported April 1-May 1: 85,264
** 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 3)
First dose administered: 1,031,266 (daily increase of 16,640)
Fully vaccinated: 608,638 (daily increase of 21,281)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 90,851 (increase of 85)
Marion County new deaths: 0
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,647
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 7.3%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 3%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 32,138
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,855
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,380
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,764
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,103
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,418
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,103
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,614
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 34 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 6%
Available ventilators: 79.7%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.3%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Wednesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 28,725,592
U.S. deaths: 517,006
Global cases: 114,912,129
Global deaths: 2,552,687
*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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