INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 740 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 69,975 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 2,805 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 12 over the previous day. Another 202 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.
To date, 792,225 tests for unique individuals have been reported to ISDH, up from 785,018 on Tuesday.
Bartholomew County is reporting 749 positive cases (up one) with 47 deaths (no change).
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 556 positive cases (up two) with four deaths (no change).
- Jennings County: 214 positive cases (up one) with 12 deaths (no change).
- Decatur County: 322 positive cases (up four) with 32 deaths (no change).
- Shelby County: 530 positive cases (up eight) with 27 deaths (no change).
- Johnson County: 1,674 positive cases (up seven) with 118 deaths (no change).
- Brown County: 70 positive cases with one death (no change).
As of Wednesday, more than 32 percent of ICU beds and nearly 82 percent of ventilators are available across the state.
To find testing sites around the state, including one in Columbus, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
