COVID-19 update for Saturday

INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 4,535 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 329,008 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous days dashboard.

A total of 5,394 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 66 from the previous day. Another 269 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 the state and occurred over multiple days.

Decatur County has 1346 positives (31 new) and 7723 tested (77 new)
Bartholomew County with 3409 positives (57 new) and 26,752 tested (155 new)
Rush – 567 positives (6 new) and 4872 tested (26 new)
Shelby County – 1949 positives (23 new) and 12,166 tested (83 new). Another resident has died bringing the number to 57.
Jennings County – 932 positives (27 new) and 6462 tested (59 new)
Ripley County – 1480 positives (23 new) and 8861 tested (132 new)
Franklin – 740 positives (6 new) and 4039 tested (25 new)

To date, 2,174,751 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,162,110 on Friday. A total of 4,183,401 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.

To find testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.

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