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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 Friday said the number of positive cases for COVID-19 in the state has risen to 23,146 following the emergence of 643 more cases.
The state reported 633 new cases on Thursday, 837 on Wednesday, 526 on Tuesday, 574 on Monday, 638 on Sunday and 665 on Saturday.
The state said Friday that the cumulative death toll in the state rose to 1,328, up from 1,295 the previous day—an increase of 33.
More than 91% of the total deaths involve those who are age 60 or older. More than 74% of those who have died are older than 70. Men account for 52.2% of the deaths.
The state reported that 130,128 people have been tested so far, up from 124,782 in Thursday’s report—an increase of 5,346. That’s the first time new tests have exceeded 5,000 in the department’s daily report.
The ISDH said the test numbers reflect only those tests reported to the department and the numbers should not be characterized as a comprehensive total.
New positive cases, deaths and tests have occurred over a range of dates but were reported to the department in the previous day.
The department reported the state’s first case on March 6 and first death from COVID-19 on March 16.
Marion County reported 7,078 cumulative cases—up from 6,914 the previous day, an increase of 164 cases.
The state reported 403 cumulative deaths in Marion County, up from 398 in Thursday’s report.
The state said 32,134 people have been tested in the county.
As for surrounding counties, Hamilton had 902 positive cases; Johnson 769; Hendricks 927; Boone 214; Hancock 246; Madison 479; Morgan 182; and Shelby 250.
Every Indiana county has at least two cases.
The department said 39.9% of the state’s intensive care unit beds were still available. About 17.7% are being used by COVID-19 patients.
The department also said 81.1% of the state’s ventilators were available. About 7% were being used for COVID-19 patients.
The health department is providing case updates daily at noon based on results received through 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
Health officials say Indiana has far more coronavirus cases—possibly thousands more—than those indicated by the number of tests.
As of Friday morning, nearly 1.26 million cases had been reported in the United States, with 75,858 deaths, according to a running tally maintained by health researchers at Johns Hopkins University & Medicine. More than 195,000 people have recovered.
Nearly 3.9 million cases have been reported globally, with 270,537 deaths. Nearly 1.3 million people have recovered.
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This is good news. Only 12.03% of the tests were positive. Here’s a link to a Google Sheet collecting the data.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JZCtoPctZdU3eXu1OZZiFM-G0IjIbc3FKmhRQY4UyEk/edit?usp=sharing
Good information, but who maintains this? Is this on the State site?
This is essential information. Thanks for providing it. That said, it would be infinitely more digestible and meaningful with some graphics, trend lines, and comparisons with other cities and states around the country. Data like this should not be presented in text form.
Martin, we’ve been sending this daily story out since the beginning of the pandemic. It is meant to be a quick, snapshot look at the basic numbers the health department reports each day. We include a link every day to the actual state dashboard where much more information is available for those who are interested in it. We have incorporated a lot of the deeper data and trends into our other coverage.
Patrick, I’m not sure how good the news is that the positive rate on testing reduced to 12% b/c the parameters of who can get tested has changed a bit and that causing two things: More testing (which is GREAT) and a wider scope of those tested. You don’t need a referral from your Primary, you don’t have to be presenting symptoms, so the results should mean lower rate. There is good news in the increase of positive Covid tests in that it has been decelerating. Last Friday, the 7day avg of the daily increase was 4.5%, and as of today the 7day avg increase is 3.15%. That is a 30% decrease in the growth rate. Still growing, but like Mario, it’s slowing down! YAY! This needs to be watched closely as we reopen the economy in Indiana. If this re-accelerates, we could have a probably on our hands.
Also, interesting the counties across from Louisville have impressively low numbers-considering they’re part of a large metro areas…what are they doing right??? And what are we doing wrong in the Indy metro area? Make one wonder.
I’ve noticed over the past few weeks that although the number of new cases keeps going up and up, the % of ICU beds & ventilators being used by COVID patients keeps going down. Does that most of these new cases are not “serious” cases? Are these “cases” being called cases in that the people are actually sick with the virus or just that they have tested positive and may have no symptoms? I would like to see IBJ provide some perspective on all these new cases.