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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 Tuesday reported another 81 deaths from COVID-19, the highest number of deaths in the daily update since last Tuesday.
The seven-day moving average of new deaths rose from 20 to 26 per day, the health department said.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 ended a six-day streak of declines, increasing from 2,432 on Sunday to 2,477 on Tuesday. Almost a third (30.8%) of Indiana’s intensive care unit beds are occupied by COVID patients.
The state on reported 2,673 new cases of COVID-19, increasing the cumulative total to 937,221.
More than 3.21 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday at 5 a.m., after a daily increase of 6,838. Department statistics say 58.7% of Indiana residents 18 and older are now fully vaccinated.
COVID-19 cases
*New COVID-19 cases: 2,673
Total cumulative cases: 937,221
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 81
Total cumulative deaths: 14,765
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 6,791
Total cumulative tested individuals: 4,121,821
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 22.7%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.7%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 20.6%**
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 11.3%**
** 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–Sept. 21)
First dose administered: 3,221,894 (daily increase of 4,595)
Fully vaccinated: 3,221,558 (daily increase of 6,838)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 127,611 (increase of 326)
Marion County new deaths: 10
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,977
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 18.8%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 11.6%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 43,720
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 22,143
Johnson County cumulative cases: 23,524
Madison County cumulative cases: 17,280
Boone County cumulative cases: 8,368
Hancock County cumulative cases: 10,785
Morgan County cumulative cases: 8,833
Shelby County cumulative cases: 6,543
Indiana intensive care unit usage
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 30.8%
Available ICU beds: 20.8%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Tuesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 42,312,485
U.S. deaths: 673,911
Global cases: 229,256,381
Global deaths: 4,703,757
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