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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana State Department of Health on Thursday reported 850 new COVID-19 cases, the 21st time in the past 24 days that new reported cases have exceeded 700.
The department said 8,662 more unique individuals were tested. The cumulative positivity rate for unique individuals rose from 8.5% to 8.6%.
The state also reported six new deaths from COVID-19, raising the cumulative total to 3,253.
Following are the latest COVID-19 numbers from the Indiana State Department of Health. The department updates its data daily based on information received through 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
COVID-19 cases
*New cases: 850
Total cumulative cases reported Thursday: 108,646
Total cumulative cases reported Wednesday: 107,809
Increase in cumulative cases: 837
Increase in cases reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 27,769
Increase in cases reported July 1-Aug. 1: 21,170
Increase in cases reported June 1-July 1: 11,122
Increase in cases reported May 1-June. 1: 16,065
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 6
Total deaths: 3,253
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 322
Increase in deaths reported July 1-Aug. 1: 315
Increase in deaths reported June 1-July 1: 480
Increase in deaths reported May 1-June. 1: 914
Increase in deaths reported April 1-May 1: 997
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 8,662
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Thursday: 1,269,650
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Wednesday: 1,261,892
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 7,758
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 8.6%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.5%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 6.1%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 4.4%**
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 325,159
Increase in unique tested individuals reported July 1-Aug. 1: 268,890
Increase in unique tested individuals reported June 1-July 1: 223,820
Increase in unique tested individuals reported May 1-June 1: 166,257
Increase in unique tested individuals reported April 1-May 1: 85,264
** The health department reports the 7-day positivity rates with a six-day lag to allow time for more comprehensive results.
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 20,341 (increase of 92)
Marion County new deaths: 0
Marion County cumulative deaths: 757
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 5.7%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 4,600
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 2,607
Johnson County cumulative cases: 2,241
Madison County cumulative cases: 1,530
Boone County cumulative cases: 938
Hancock County cumulative cases: 892
Morgan County cumulative cases: 680
Shelby County cumulative cases: 655
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 38.5%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 10.4%
Available ventilators: 81.1%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.5%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 6,640,540
U.S. deaths: 197,091
Global cases: 29,925,969
Global deaths: 942,076
*New cases, deaths and tests are previously unreported cases, deaths and tests submitted to the Indiana State Health Department in the 24 hours through 11:59 p.m. the previous day. The cases and testing categories typically contain numerous duplicates—as many as 20% or more—that are later eliminated from the cumulative totals.
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10.79% of those tests reported were positive. That’s not a good sign, unfortunately. Let’s cross our fingers that the number was an aberration.