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COVID-19 cases
*New cases: 747
Total cumulative cases reported Friday: 54,813
Total cumulative cases reported Thursday: 54,080
Increase in cumulative cases: 733
Increase in cases reported July 11-17: 4,513
Increase in cases reported July 4-10: 3,385
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 8
Total deaths: 2,610
Increase in deaths reported July 11-17: 57
Increase in deaths reported July 4-10: 67
COVID-19 testing
*New tests: 9,122
Total cumulative tests reported Friday: 604,635
Total cumulative tests reported Thursday: 595,558
Increase in cumulative tests: 9,077
Percentage of total testing positive: 9.1%
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 12,484 (increase of 123)
Marion County new deaths: 1
Marion County cumulative deaths: 702
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 1,845
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 1,519
Johnson County cumulative cases: 1,405
Madison County cumulative cases: 703
Boone County cumulative cases: 510
Hancock County cumulative cases: 484
Morgan County cumulative cases: 363
Shelby County cumulative cases: 472
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 28.8%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 10.2%
Available ventilators: 73.3%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 3.1%
Indiana long-term-care facilities (updated July 13)
New cases over past week: 114
Total cases: 5,695
New deaths over past week: 25
Total deaths: 1,245
Facilities with at least one case: 302
Facilities with at least one death: 183
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Friday morning, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 3,592,316
U.S. deaths: 138,543
Global cases: 13,859,486
Global deaths: 591,157
*New cases and tests are previously unreported cases and tests submitted to the Indiana State Health Department in the 24 hours through 11:59 p.m. the previous day. This category typically contains numerous duplicates—as many as 20% or more—that are later eliminated from the cumulative totals.
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And we are re-opening schools in this increase. Despite a South Korean study that finds ages 10-19 are the MOST likely to be spreaders of COVID-19.
Oh, that’s right, the W.H. said we can’t let science get in the way of reopening schools… absurdly funny statement. Might as well say “we can’t let education get in the way of education”….
God help us.
Here’s a few thoughts on a group that knows something about medicine and kids https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/07/08/peds.2020-004879
So we will be approaching 75,000 cases in Indiana by the end of August based on current data. Subject to change depending on what going back to school does to the rate of change in cases…
And we will be holding the Indpls 500 with spectators the end of August! Recipe for disaster!