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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 Tuesday reported 1,569 new COVID-19 cases, the fifth straight day that new cases have topped 1,500.
New cases have topped 1,300 in the daily report for seven straight days and have exceeded 1,000 11 times in the past 13 days.
The state also reported 1,288 statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 as of Monday, the highest mark since May 19.
In addition, the state reported 27 additional deaths from COVID-19, the highest fatality count in the daily report since Oct. 6, when 30 deaths were reported.
The department reported the testing of 8,401 more unique individuals, the lowest number since Oct. 6.
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 cases: 1,569
Total cumulative cases reported Tuesday: 138,104
Total cumulative cases reported Monday: 136,555
Increase in cumulative cases: 1,549
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: 27
Total deaths: 3,595
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: 8,401
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Tuesday: 1,503,923
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Monday: 1,495,852
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 8,071
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 9.2%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 9.4%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 5.7%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 5.3%**
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.
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 23,512 (increase of 198)
Marion County new deaths: 1
Marion County cumulative deaths: 772
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 7.6%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 5,561
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 2,993
Johnson County cumulative cases: 2,775
Madison County cumulative cases: 2,067
Boone County cumulative cases: 1,124
Hancock County cumulative cases: 1,064
Morgan County cumulative cases: 851
Shelby County cumulative cases: 729
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 34.7%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 17.2%
Available ventilators: 78.4%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 4.6%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Tuesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 7,806,186
U.S. deaths: 215,101
Global cases: 37,880,040
Global deaths: 1,081,951
*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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FYI – of the 8071 tests, 1549 (or 19.19%) were positive in today’s report. That is a remarkably high positivity rate. I hope we are not headed to another shelter-in-place order, but that seems a likely direction.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JZCtoPctZdU3eXu1OZZiFM-G0IjIbc3FKmhRQY4UyEk/edit?usp=sharing
Sigh. The above post was meant for a Facebook Covid-19 Data Interest Group. I cannot see a way to edit or delete the comment here.