Wednesday COVID-19 update

The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 6059 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at the state and private laboratories. That brings to 312,521 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous days dashboard.

A total of 5232 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 63 from the previous day. Another 266 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 16 new positives to bringing that number to 1261. 7513 tested (40 new)
Rush – 543 positives (16 new) and 4770 tested (57 new)
Shelby – 1821 positives (39 new) and 11,847 tested (125 new)
Bartholomew County – 3168 positives (83 new) and 26,118 tested (294 new)
Jennings – 853 positives (21 new) and 6253 tested (105 new)
Ripley – 1321 positives (39 new) and 8499 tested (68 new)
Franklin County -699 positives (9 new) and 3900 tested (33 new)

To date, 2,126,395 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,107,744 on Saturday. A total of 4,038,194 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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