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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 Saturday reported 878 new cases of COVID-19, the 15th day in the past 16 in which daily cases have been below 1,000.
The state reported also 27 new deaths due to the coronavirus. The department said 5,697 new individuals were tested.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 fell from 608 on Thursday to 583 on Friday, the lowest number in more than 11 months, during the first month of the pandemic. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 816,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Saturday at 5 a.m. More than 1.25 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: 878
Total cumulative cases: 671,859
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 27
Total deaths: 12,436
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 5,697
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,177,730
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.1%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 8.6%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.5%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 3%**
** 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 13)
First dose administered: 1,256,381 (daily increase of 25,765)
Fully vaccinated: 816,080 (daily increase of 23,880)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 91,841 (increase of 88)
Marion County new deaths: 4
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,673
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 2.6%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 32,699
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 16,049
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,600
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,884
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,242
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,525
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,176
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,667
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 34.5 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 4.5%
Available ventilators: 81.6%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 1.4%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Saturday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 29,357,116
U.S. deaths: 532,671
Global cases: 119,226,506
Global deaths: 2,642,656
*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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