Staff Reports
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health said 6,045 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 558,560 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 8,595 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 75 from the previous day. Another 371 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, 2,738,914 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,724,389 on Friday. A total of 6,061,499 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
Bartholomew County reported 5,945 positive tests (up 71) with 91 deaths (up two) as of Saturday.
Surrounding counties reported:
Jackson County: 3,995 positive cases (up 32) with 45 deaths (no change).
Jennings County: 1,819 positive cases (up 23) with 34 deaths (no change).
Decatur County: 2,302 positive cases (up 24) with 80 deaths (up one).
Shelby County: 3,786 positive cases (up 48) with 75 deaths (no change).
Johnson County: 13,592 positive cases (up 237) with 268 deaths (up seven).
Brown County: 815 positive cases (up nine) with 28 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.
