INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 6,844 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at the state and private laboratories. That brings to 251,597 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous days dashboard.
A total of 4,660 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 22 from the previous day. Another 250 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 adds 38 new positives bringing the number to 1035 with 6864 tested (114 new).
As for neighboring counties –
Bartholomew County – 2378 positives (115 new) and 23,619 tested (360 new)
Jennings County – 648 positives (19 new) and 5507 tested (69 new)
Ripley County – 960 positives (45 new) and 7527 tested (125 new).
Shelby County – 1457 positives (24 new) and 10,766 tested (115 new).
Rush – 437 (9 new) positives and 4378 (31 new) tested.
Franklin County – 532 positives (8 new) and 3496 tested (32 new)
To date, 1,938,289 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 1,917,951 on Saturday. A total of 3,536,082 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.