INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 2,403 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 633,690 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 11,231 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19. The total includes 37 newly reported deaths and 1,507 historical deaths that were identified through an audit of death records and positive test results.
Another 406 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.
To date, 2,973,618 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,968,591 on Tuesday. A total of 7,096,324 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26, 2020.
Bartholomew County reported 6,898 positive tests (up 21) with 137 deaths (up two) as of Thursday. Death totals now include additional historical deaths identified through an audit of death records and test results which were reported on Thursday.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 4,436 positive cases (up 21) with 59 deaths (no change).
- Jennings County: 2,063 positive cases (up three) with 42 deaths (no change).
- Decatur County: 2,578 positive cases (up 14) with 87 deaths (no change).
- Shelby County: 4,404 positive cases (up 23) with 85 deaths (no change).
- Johnson County: 15,748 positive cases (up 67) with 328 deaths (up two).
- Brown County: 912 positive cases (up three) with 37 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.
Hoosiers age 65 and older, along with healthcare workers, long-term care residents and first responders who are regularly called to the scene of an emergency to render medical assistance, are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. To schedule, visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211 if you do not have access to a computer or require assistance.
As of today, 611,429 Hoosiers have received a first dose of vaccine, and 166,131 are fully vaccinated.
For more on this story, see Friday’s Republic.
