Staff Reports
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced that 273 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 1,786 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
Thirty-five Hoosiers have died.
To date, 11,658 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 9,830 on Sunday.
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Bartholomew County is at 13 positive cases as of 10 a.m. Monday, according to county statistics released by the COVID-19 Task Force. The Bartholomew County Health Department is reporting there have been 407 tests, with 209 negative results and 180 tests pending.
The number of positives of Bartholomew County residents may include testing that was conducted out of county. Conversely, the number of total tests may also include submissions for non-Bartholomew County residents. The positive count listed below is only for Bartholomew County residents.
Jennings County is reporting 14 positive cases.
Marion County had the most new cases, at 135, while Hamilton County had 20, Lake County had 12 and Madison County had 11. The complete list of counties with cases is included in the ISDH COVID-19 dashboard at www.coronavirus.in.gov. Cases are listed by county of residence. Private lab reporting may be delayed and will be reflected in the map and count when results are received at ISDH.
The dashboard also has been updated to remove duplicate entries and correct county of residence based on updated information provided to ISDH.
Additional updates on the state’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak may be provided later today.
Here is the county-by-county breakdown reported at 10 a.m. Monday:
One case: Adams, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, DeKalb, Fountain, Fulton, Greene, Newton, Ohio, Randolph, Scott (with one death), Starke, Steuben, Sullivan, Vermillion, Wabash, Wayne, Wells, Whitley
Two cases: Carroll, Dubois, Henry, Huntington, Knox, LaGrange, Noble, Orange, Warren
Three cases: Brown, Marshall, Miami, Posey, Switzerland
Four cases: Gibson, Kosciusko, Rush, Tipton:
Six cases: Jasper (with one death), LaPorte, Montgomery, Washington
Seven cases: Grant, Putnam, Vigo
Eight cases: Fayette (with one death), Jackson, Warrick
Nine cases: Lawrence
10 cases: Dearborn (with one death)
12 cases: Elkhart
13 cases: Bartholomew, Shelby
14 cases: Howard (with one death), Jennings, Tippecanoe (with one death)
15 cases: Delaware (with one death), Harrison, Porter
17 cases: Vanderburgh
20 cases: Floyd, Boone
23 cases: Morgan (with one death)
25 cases: Ripley
26 cases: Monroe
27 cases: Clark
28 cases: Franklin (with four deaths), Allen (with one death), Hancock (with one death)
29 cases: Madison (with one death)
36 cases: St. Joseph (with one death)
42 cases: Decatur
58 cases: Hendricks (with one death)
81 cases: Johnson (with three deaths)
97 cases: Lake (with one death)
106 cases: Hamilton
804 cases: Marion (with 12 deaths)
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Visit the Community COVID-19 Task Force’s website at covid19communitytaskforce.org for local information.
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Local residents with concerns are urged to call the health system’s Triage Resource Call Center, a phone resource line launched by CRH last week to handle calls from residents with questions and concerns about exposure or symptoms associated with COVID-19, CRH officials said.
The phone resource line can be contacted at 812-379-4449 available seven days a week, and is staffed by registered nurses who will offer screening questions and potentially recommend a course of action for patients.
Visit crh.org/news/2020/03/16/coronavirus-update-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
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For more information about COVID-19, including a list of frequently asked questions, visit in.gov/coronavirus.
Visit the Indiana State Department of Health in.gov/isdh/ or follow us on Twitter at @StateHealthIN and on Facebook at facebook.com/StateHealthIN.
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For a list of closing and cancellations, see Page A3.
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Federal officials are scrambling to broaden testing for the coronavirus after one of the government’s top health officials called the initial testing effort “a failing” and health care professionals, politicians and patients across the country complained about lack of access to testing, according to The Associated Press.
CRH officials have acknowledged that there is a “shortage of testing supplies” and said relatively healthy people with a low fever and cough and are not that sick would likely be advised to stay at home and not seek medical attention.
However, people with symptoms such as shortness of breath or risk factors such as being older than 60 and/or having a compromised immune system should seek medical care and let their physician decide if a test will help direct their care.
Anyone with concerns are urged to call the health system’s Triage Resource Call Center, a phone resource line launched by CRH last week to handle calls from residents with questions and concerns about exposure or symptoms associated with COVID-19.
The phone line is open daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is staffed by registered nurses who will offer screening questions and potentially recommend a course of action for patients, said CRH spokeswoman Kelsey DeClue.
The phone resource line can be contacted at 812-379-4449.
Visit crh.org/news/2020/03/16/coronavirus-update-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
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