INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 4,462 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 196,176 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 4,269 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 45 from the previous day. Another 242 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, 1,761,947 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 1,748,496 on Wednesday. A total of 3,073,855 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
Bartholomew County reported 1,728 positive tests (up 43) with 59 deaths (no change) on Thursday.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 1,391 positive cases (up 23) with 22 deaths (up two).
- Jennings County: 480 positive cases (up eight) with 13 deaths (no change).
- Decatur County: 704 positive cases (up 31) with 39 deaths (no change).
- Shelby County: 1,139 positive cases (up 37) with 45 deaths (up one).
- Johnson County: 3,881 positive cases (up 93) with 152 deaths (no change).
- Brown County: 172 positive cases (up five) 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.
