| HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASE COUNTS |
| INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 616 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 774,097 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.To date, 13,583 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of zero from the previous day. Another 429 probable deaths have been reported to date based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Decatur County has had 2940 positives (None new to report today) and 13,010 tests (1 new) A total of 3,678,614 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 3,669,635 on Friday. A total of 11,270,135 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26, 2020.To find testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link. Hoosiers age 12 and older can receive a COVID-19 vaccine; individuals younger than age 18 are eligible for the Pfizer vaccine only. To find a vaccination clinic near you, visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211 if you do not have access to a computer or require assistance. Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are accepted at most sites. Mobile vaccination clinics are planned on the following schedule: Today-Wednesday and Friday, 8 a.m. to noon: Indianapolis Colts Training Camp 19000 Grand Park Blvd., Westfield, IN 46074 Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Shipshewana Northwest corner of East Main and North Morton streets Shipshewana, IN 46565 Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Statehouse Market 430 Robert D. Orr Plaza, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Thursday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Red Gold Orestes 120 E. Oak St., Orestes, IN 46063 Thursday and Friday, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Jasper Strassenfest 1 Courthouse Square, Jasper, IN 47546 Thursday-Saturday, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Franklin County 4-H Fair 7178 Blue Creek Rd., Brookville, IN 47012 Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Block Party at Flanner House 2424 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St., Indianapolis, IN 46208 Patients with an appointment at a state-hosted public vaccination site can get a free Uber or Lyft ride. Call 2-1-1 or (866) 211-9966 to receive a voucher to cover the cost of an Uber ride to and from your vaccination appointments. IU Health offers free Lyft rides to any vaccine site in the state. Call 1.888.IUHEALTH (888-484-3258) and choose option 9 if you need transportation to your vaccine appointment. As of today, a total of 5,898,773 doses have been administered in Indiana. This includes 2,944,357 first doses and 2,954,416 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. |
