HEALTH DEPARTMENT UPDATES STATEWIDE COVID-19 CASE COUNTS
INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 6,655 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 350,970 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous days dashboard.
A total of 5,688 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 91 from the previous day. Another 285 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 has 1418 positives (11 new) and 7870 tested (38 new). Another resident has died bringing the number to 46.
Jennings County has 1024 positives (20 new) and 6647 tested (28 new)
Bartholomew – 3675 positives (60 new) and 27,467 tested (126 new)
Ripley – 1645 positives (39 n ew) and 9256 tested (62 new)
Franklin County – 795 positives (11 new) and 4189 tested (28 new). Another Franklin County resident has died bringing the number to 28.
Rush County – 627 positives (14 new) and 5011 tested (31 new)
Shelby County – 2128 positives (42 new) and 12,619 tested (97 new). Two more residents have died bringing the number to 61.
To date, 2,232,102 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,217,258 on Tuesday. A total of 4,342,486 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.