INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 6,434 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 318,894 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 5,295 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 63 from the previous day. Another 266 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, 2,145,727 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,126,395 on Wednesday. A total of 4,100,250 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
Bartholomew County reported 3,235 positive tests (up 66) with 63 deaths (no change) on Thursday.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 2,225 positive cases (up 69) with 34 deaths (no change).
- Jennings County: 887 positive cases (up 34) with 14 deaths (no change).
- Decatur County: 1,282 positive cases (up 21) with 43 deaths (no change).
- Shelby County: 1,895 positive cases (up 75) with 56 deaths (up one).
- Johnson County: 6,556 positive cases (up 164) with 169 deaths (up four).
- Brown County: 351 positive cases (up seven) with four 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.
