INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 5,708 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 236,565 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 4,613 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 50 from the previous day. Another 250 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, 1,893,070 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 1,876,317 on Thursday. A total of 3,414,373 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
Bartholomew County reported 2,177 positive tests (up 83) with 61 deaths (no change) on Friday.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 1,636 positive cases (up 46) with 29 deaths (up one).
- Jennings County: 616 positive cases (up 26) with 13 deaths (no change).
- Decatur County: 974 positive cases (up 52) with 40 deaths (no change).
- Shelby County: 1,394 positive cases (up 34) with 48 deaths (no change).
- Johnson County: 4,601 positive cases (up 99) with 160 deaths (up two).
- Brown County: 234 positive cases (up six) 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.
