State: 1,844 additional Hoosiers diagnosed with COVID-19

A sign marks the COVID-19 testing site at the old J.C. Penney store at FairOaks Mall in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Mike Wolanin | The Republic

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health said 1,844 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 493,841 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

A total of 7,496 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 35 from the previous day. Another 347 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.