Staff Reports
INDIANAPOLIS —The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 374 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 2,159 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
Forty-nine Hoosiers have died.
To date, 13,373 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 11,658 on Monday.
In Bartholomew County, 13 positive tests have been reported as of 10 a.m. Tuesday. Jennings County is reporting 15 cases.
Bartholomew County has done 441 total tests with 13 positives and 210 negative, with 204 pending, according to the local health department.
The figures reported incorporate tests collected within Bartholomew County and run through the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) or commercial laboratories. 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 is only for Bartholomew County residents.
Marion County had the most new cases, at 170, while Lake County had 50, Johnson County had 20, Hamilton County had 16, St. Joseph County had 13 and Hendricks County had 11.
The complete list of counties with cases is included in the ISDH COVID-19 dashboard at coronavirus.in.gov. Private lab reporting may be delayed and will be reflected in the map and count when results are received at ISDH.
Here is the latest count by county, released at 10 a.m. Tuesday:
One case: Adams, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Clay, Dekalb, Fountain, Fulton, Henry, Jefferson, Newton, Ohio, Scott (with one death), Starke, Steuben, Vermillion and Wabash.
Two cases: Carroll, Greene, Huntington, Knox, LaGrange, Noble, Sullivan, Warren, Wayne, Wells, White, Whitley.
Three cases: Brown, Dubois, Marshall, Miami, Orange, Randolph, Switzerland
Four cases: Gibson, Posey, Rush, Tipton
Five cases: Kosciusko
Six cases: Montgomery, Washington
Seven cases: Grant, Putnam (with one death)
Eight cases: Jackson, Jasper (with one death), LaPorte, Vigo, Warrick
Nine cases: Fayette (with one death), Lawrence
11 cases: Owen
13 cases: Bartholomew
14 cases: Dearborn (with one death), Tippecanoe (with one death)
15 cases: Harrison, Jennings, Shelby
16 cases: Howard (with one death)
18 cases: Delaware (with one death), Vanderburgh
20 cases: Elkhart (with one death)
21 cases: Porter, Floyd
22 cases: Boone
26 cases: Hancock (with two deaths)
30 cases: Monroe, Allen (with one death)
31 cases: Ripley (with one death)
32 cases: Morgan
35 cases: Franklin (with four deaths)
38 cases: Madison (with one death)
47 cases: Decatur (with one death)
49 cases: St. Joseph (with one death)
70 cases: Hendricks (with one death)
101 cases: Johnson (with three deaths)
127 cases: Hamilton
146 cases: Lake (with five deaths)
964 cases: Marion (with 17 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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