INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 3,649 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. Today’s results were reported from 39,180 specimens submitted, the highest level of daily testing to date.
A total of 172,730 Indiana residents are now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 4,024 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 33 from the previous day. Another 236 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, 1,671,093 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 1,657,090 on Wednesday. A total of 2,822,852 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
Bartholomew County reported 1,532 positive tests (up 26) with 59 deaths (up one) on Thursday.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 1,254 positive cases (up 20) with 20 deaths (up one).
- Jennings County: 402 positive cases (up six) with 13 deaths (no change).
- Decatur County: 562 positive cases (up 15) with 39 deaths (no change).
- Shelby County: 957 positive cases (up 12) with 37 deaths (up one).
- Johnson County: 3,438 positive cases (up 85) with 132 deaths (up one).
- Brown County: 152 positive cases 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.
