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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 863 new cases of COVID-19, the 12th time in the past 13 days in which daily cases have been below 1,000.
The state reported also 16 new deaths due to the coronavirus. The department said 5,085 new individuals were tested.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increased from 628 on Monday to 657 on Tuesday. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 744,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday at 5 a.m. More than 1.17 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: 863
Total cumulative cases: 669,164
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 16
Total deaths: 12,350
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 5,085
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,161,087
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 8.6%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.6%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 3.1%**
** 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 10)
First dose administered: 1,178,265 (daily increase of 24,232)
Fully vaccinated: 744,712 (daily increase of 20,145)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 91,558 (increase of 79)
Marion County new deaths: 4
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,665
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.4%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 2.8%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 32,585
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,993
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,542
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,831
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,220
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,487
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,155
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,651
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 34.5 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 4.6%
Available ventilators: 80.4%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 1.6%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Wednesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 29,099,393
U.S. deaths: 527,854
Global cases: 117,700,447
Global deaths: 2,612,891
*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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