INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 7,793 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 375,019 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 5,910 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 78 from the previous day. Another 297 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, 2,292,178 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,272,182 on Friday. A total of 4,525,760 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
Bartholomew County reported 4,006 positive tests (up 90) with 68 deaths (up two) on Saturday.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 2,773 positive cases (up 56) with 38 deaths (no change).
- Jennings County: 1,137 positive cases (up 41) with 18 deaths (up one).
- Decatur County: 1,526 positive cases (up 30) with 46 deaths (no change).
- Shelby County: 2,302 positive cases (up 61) with 62 deaths (no change).
- Johnson County: 8,127 positive cases (up 183) with 179 deaths (up one).
- Brown County: 451 positive cases (up eight) with six 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.
