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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 Monday reported 3,978 new COVID-19 cases, breaking a 46-day streak in which new cases topped 4,000.
The state reported 31 more deaths due to COVID-19, the 21st straight time that deaths have exceeded 25 in the daily report. The total number of deaths climbed to 7,101.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 inched up to 2,967 on Sunday from 2,932 on Saturday. The high mark was 3,460 set on Nov. 30.
COVID-19 patients occupy 30.8% of the state’s intensive care beds and non-COVID patients are taking up 44.2%, leaving 25% available.
The department said 11,075 new individuals had been tested. Testing in that category has exceeded 10,000 for 56 straight days.
The 7-day positivity rate for unique individuals held steady at 24.3%.
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.
*New cases: 3,978
Total cumulative cases: 468,219
New deaths: 31
Total deaths: 7,101
New tested individuals: 11,075
Total cumulative tested individuals: 2,533,672
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 18.5%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 24.3%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 12.2%**
** 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: 64,549 (increase of 648)
Marion County new deaths: 2
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,040
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 23.6%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 13.8%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 21,363
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 10,111
Johnson County cumulative cases: 10,694
Madison County cumulative cases: 8,054
Boone County cumulative cases: 3,963
Hancock County cumulative cases: 4,575
Morgan County cumulative cases: 3,861
Shelby County cumulative cases: 3,066
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 22%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 32.3%
Available ventilators: 63.3%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 13.7%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Sunday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 17,862,876
U.S. deaths: 317,749
Global cases: 77,054,995
Global deaths: 1,697,062
*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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