INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 1,569 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 138,104 the total number of Indiana residents known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 3,595 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 27 from the previous day. Another 227 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 the state and occurred over multiple days.
To date, 1,503,923 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 1,495,852 on Monday. A total of 2,376,462 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
Bartholomew County reported 1,307 positive tests (up 14) with 57 deaths (no change) on Tuesday.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 956 positive cases (up 10) with 10 deaths (no change).
- Jennings County: 343 positive cases (up two) with 13 deaths (no change).
- Decatur County: 481 positive cases (up three) with 39 deaths (no change).
- Shelby County: 729 positive cases (up four) with 29 deaths (no change).
- Johnson County: 2,775 positive cases (up 35) with 127 deaths (no change).
- Brown County: 122 positive cases (up one) with three deaths (no change).
To find testing sites around the state, including a site at the FairOaks Mall in Columbus, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
