Health Department updates statewide COVID-19 case counts

INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 6,983 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 289,183 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous days dashboard.

A total of 4,992 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 40 from the previous day. Another 254 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 – 1186 positives (24 new) and 7190 tested (57 new)
Bartholomew – 2889 positives (99 new) and 25,121 tested (289 new)
Shelby County – 1663 positives (54 new) and 11,400 tested (98 new)
Jennings County – 775 positives (17 new) and 5922 tested (56 new)
Ripley County – 1171 positives (28 new) and 8109 tested (104 new)
Franklin County – 617 positives (16 new) and 3693 tested (40 new)
Rush County – 492 positives (17 new) and 4580 tested (43 new)

To date, 2,053,143 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,030,938 on Friday. A total of 3,846,380 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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