INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 1,079 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 78,632 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 2,906 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of eight over the previous day following corrections to the previous day’s total. Another 207 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.
Bartholomew County reported 867 positive cases on Friday (up 23) with 47 deaths (no change).
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 607 positive cases (up one) with five deaths (no change).
- Jennings County: 233 positive cases (up one) with 12 deaths (no change).
- Decatur County: 353 positive cases (up six) with 32 deaths (no change).
- Shelby County: 573 positive cases (up one) with 28 deaths (no change).
- Johnson County: 1,819 positive cases (up 19) with 119 deaths (no change)
- Brown County: 76 positive cases (up one) with two deaths (no change).
To date, 886,489 tests for unique individuals have been reported to ISDH, up from 877,970 on Thursday.
As of Friday, nearly 33 percent of ICU beds and nearly 80 percent of ventilators were available across the state.
To find testing sites around the state, including one in Columbus, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
