INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 2,494 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 496,306 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 7,539 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 43 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.
To date, 2,605,669 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,600,211 on Sunday. A total of 5,553,545 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
Bartholomew County reported 5,298 positive tests (up 14) with 79 deaths (no change) as of Monday.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 3,677 positive cases (up 12) with 42 deaths (no change).
- Jennings County: 1,667 positive cases (up six) with 28 deaths (no change).
- Decatur County: 2,057 positive cases (up 15) with 71 deaths (up four).
- Shelby County: 3,249 positive cases (up 24) with 70 deaths (up one).
- Johnson County: 11,640 positive cases (up 73) with 223 deaths (no change).
- Brown County: 693 positive cases (up one) with eight 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.
