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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 Thursday reported 962 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number since Feb. 26.
The state also reported 32 new deaths due to the coronavirus, also the highest number since Feb. 26. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 142 of the past 144 days.
The department said 5,974 new individuals were tested Monday.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 731 on Tuesday to 692 on Wednesday, the lowest number since July 8. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 633,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Thursday at 5 a.m. More than 1.06 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: 962
Total cumulative cases: 664,446
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: 32
Total deaths: 12,231
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: 5,974
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,133,323
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 9.3%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 3.4%**
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 4)
First dose administered: 1,061,173 (daily increase of 29,932)
Fully vaccinated: 633,123 (daily increase of 24,494)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 90,951 (increase of 103)
Marion County new deaths: 4
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,650
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 7.5%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 3.1%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 32,182
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,877
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,407
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,776
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,109
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,428
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,106
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,619
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 32.5 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 6%
Available ventilators: 79.4%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.3%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 28,763,373
U.S. deaths: 518,530
Global cases: 115,331,329
Global deaths: 2,562,739
*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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