State reports 249 more COVID-19 cases, five new deaths

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Thursday reported 249 new COVID-19 cases, marking the 27th straight daily report with fewer than 500 cases. Daily cases haven’t topped 300 since June 12.

The department reported five new deaths from COVID-19, increasing the cumulative death tally to 13,431. The state has averaged two deaths a day over the past seven days.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dipped from 408 on Tuesday to 404 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 2.82 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.8 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: 249

Total cumulative cases: 754,317

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 5

Total cumulative deaths: 13,431

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 2,505

Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,584,675

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 5.4%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.4%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 2.2%**

** 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 1)

First dose administered: 2,806,324 (daily increase of 5,686)

Fully vaccinated: 2,823,038 (daily increase of 7,525)

County numbers       

Marion County cumulative cases: 103,566 (increase of 30)

Marion County new deaths: 0

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,791

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 4%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 1.6%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 36,722

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 17,758

Johnson County cumulative cases: 18,527

Madison County cumulative cases: 13,218

Boone County cumulative cases: 7,030

Hancock County cumulative cases: 8,608

Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,788

Shelby County cumulative cases: 5,037

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 31.8%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 3.8%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 33,666,914

U.S. deaths: 604,738

Global cases: 182,330,997

Global deaths: 3,949,408

*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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