INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 973 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 671,023 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 12,409 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 28 from the previous day. Another 415 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.
To date, 3,172,282 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 3,166,538 on Thursday. A total of 8,391,163 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26, 2020.
Bartholomew County reported 7,560 positive tests (up six) with 149 deaths (up one) as of Friday.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 4,671 positive cases (up five) with 67 deaths (no change).
- Jennings County: 2,192 positive cases (up five) with 45 deaths (no change).
- Decatur County: 2,724 positive cases (up one) with 91 deaths (up one).
- Shelby County: 4,664 positive cases (up two) with 92 deaths (no change).
- Johnson County: 16,585 positive cases (up 24) with 364 deaths (up one)
- Brown County: 953 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 50 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, 1,230,710 first doses of vaccine have been administered in Indiana, and 792,217 individuals are fully vaccinated. The fully vaccinated number includes individuals who have received a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines and those who received the single Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
