Indiana reports 40 more deaths from COVID-19

The Indiana State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 2,260 new cases of COVID-19 and 40 more deaths.

Deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits for 108 straight days.

The department said 8,137 new individuals were tested Tuesday in Indiana.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 1,976 on Monday to 1,902 on Tuesday. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

The state said more than 112,000 Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

In its weekly update of long-term-care facility COVID-19 counts, the department said there were 599 new cases and 137 more deaths among residents over the week ended Jan. 20, bringing resident totals during the pandemic to 23,007 cases and 4,832 deaths. There have been 14,964 cumulative staff cases and 19 staff deaths.

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 COVID-19 cases: 2,260

Total cumulative cases: 614,946

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 40

Total deaths: 9,470

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 8,137

Total cumulative tested individuals: 2,920,127

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.1%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 17.5%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 10.7%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 9.1%**

** The health department reports the 7-day positivity rates with a six-day lag to allow time for more comprehensive results.

COVID-19 vaccinations

Statewide totals (Dec. 14 – Jan 27)

First dose administered: 477,326 (daily increase of 17,695)

Fully vaccinated: 112,855 (daily increase of 5,981)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 85,215 (increase of 296)

Marion County new deaths: 1

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,342

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 16.8%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 8.8%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 29,842

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 14,615

Johnson County cumulative cases: 15,284

Madison County cumulative cases: 11,124

Boone County cumulative cases: 5,599

Hancock County cumulative cases: 6,832

Morgan County cumulative cases: 5,545

Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,255

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 30.6%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 19.8%

Available ventilators: 75.6%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 8.6%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Wednesday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 25,450,135

U.S. deaths: 425,406

Global cases: 100,418,923

Global deaths: 2,161,547

*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.