INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 452 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 39,146 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
A total of 2,214 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 16 over the previous day. Another 182 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 ISDH and occurred over multiple days.
Bartholomew County is reporting 547 positive test results with 41 deaths.
The Bartholomew County Health Department said there have been 6,379 total tests administered with the 542 positive results and 4,949 negative results. There are 1,064 tests pending, the health department said.
The number of positives of Bartholomew County residents may include testing that was
conducted out of county. Conversely, the number of total tests may also include submissions for non-Bartholomew County residents. The counts listed for positives and deaths is only for Bartholomew County residents.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 414 positive cases, two deaths.
- Brown County: 36 positive cases, one death.
- Decatur County: 235 positive cases, 32 deaths.
- Shelby County: 405 positive cases, 22 deaths.
- Johnson County: 1,160 positive cases, 114 deaths.
- Jennings County: 139 positive cases, four deaths.
To date, 335,180 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 327,342 on Thursday.
Intensive care unit and ventilator capacity remains steady. As of today, more than 38 percent of ICU beds and more than 83 percent of ventilators are available.
To find testing locations around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link. More than 200 locations are available around the state.
For more on this story, see Saturday’s Republic.
