INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 1,374 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 696,175 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
To date, 12,726 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 16 from the previous day. Another 405 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.
A total of 3,294,837 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 3,290,645 on Thursday. A total of 9,152,768 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26, 2020.
Bartholomew County reported 7,785 positive tests (up 11) with 152 deaths (no change) as of Friday.
Surrounding counties reported:
- Jackson County: 4,888 positive cases (up eight) with 69 deaths (no change).
- Jennings County: 2,238 positive cases (up three) with 47 deaths (up one).
- Decatur County: 2,776 positive cases (up three) with 92 deaths (no change).
- Shelby County: 4,738 positive cases (up eight) with 95 deaths (no change).
- Johnson County: 17,293 positive cases (up 29) with 371 deaths (no change).
- Brown County: 985 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 16 and older 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.
Appointments continue to be available for those age 18 and older at the Bartholomew County Health Department mass vaccination clinic with Moderna vaccine from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
As of today, a total of 3,268,764 doses have been administered in Indiana. This includes 1,916,401 first doses and 1,352,363 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.
