INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 955 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 684,020 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
To date, 12,617 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 12 from the previous day. Another 406 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.
A total of 3,247,141 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 3,242,438 on Saturday. A total of 8,841,759 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26, 2020.
Bartholomew County reported 7,686 positive tests (up 17) with 151 deaths (no change) as of Sunday.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 4,778 positive cases (up 11) with 67 deaths (no change).
- Jennings County: 2,219 positive cases (up two) with 46 deaths (no change).
- Decatur County: 2,756 positive cases (up five) with 92 deaths (no change).
- Shelby County: 4,702 positive cases (corrected total) with 95 deaths (no change).
- Johnson County: 16,987 positive cases (up 30) with 369 deaths (no change).
- Brown County: 967 positive cases (no change) with 40 deaths (no change).
To find testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
Hoosiers age 40 and older, along with healthcare workers, long-term care residents, first responders who are regularly called to the scene of an emergency to render medical assistance, and educators and school support staff through grade 12 are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
To schedule a vaccine, visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211 if you do not have access to a computer or require assistance.
Additional locations and appointments are being added as more vaccine becomes available.
As of today, a total of 2,685,575 doses have been administered in Indiana. This includes 1,602,873 first doses and 1,082,702 individuals who are fully vaccinated. The fully vaccinated number represents individuals who have received a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines and those who received the single Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
