Tuesday COVID update

HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASE COUNTS
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 2,863 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 886,461 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard. To date, 14,172 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19. Another 451 probable deaths have been reported to date based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.    

Decatur County adds 8 new positives and 30 new tests.

A total of 3,995,480 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 3,960,242 on Friday. A total of 12,598,831 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. Clinics are being added regularly around the state.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. The Indiana Department of Health is deploying mobile clinics to the following counties this week to provide testing and vaccinations: Allen, Clark, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fayette, Franklin, Gibson, Hamilton, Harrison, Howard, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Orange, Parke, Scott, Tippecanoe and Wayne.Vaccines also will be offered on the following schedule:

Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.:
Excel Center
117 N. Harrison St., Shelbyville

Excel Center
1023 W. Jackson St., Muncie

Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.:
Excel Center
4200 S. East St., Indianapolis

Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.:
Trinity Lutheran Church
8540 E. 16th St., Indianapolis

Hoosiers in the ZIP codes in which the clinics are located will receive a text message or email informing them of the locations and services offered. As of today, a total of 6,292,143 doses have been administered in Indiana. This includes 3,156,416 first doses and 3,135,727 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.

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