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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 Saturday reported 8,451 new COVID-19 cases, the highest number of new cases ever reported in the daily update.
The previous high for new cases was 6,654 on Thursday. New cases have exceeded 4,000 for 10 straight days and have topped 2,000 for the past 24 days.
Marion County reported 1,079 new COVID-19 cases, raising the cumulative total to 34,633.
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in Indiana hit another all-time high of 2,634 on Friday, up from a previous high of 2,569 on Wednesday. COVID-19 patients occupy 32.2% of the state’s intensive care beds.
The department said the seven-day moving average for cases reached another all-time high of 5,610.
The state reported 25 more deaths due to COVID-19. Newly reported deaths have reached or topped 25 for 19 straight days and have been in double digits 37 times over the past 39 days.
The department reported the testing of 25,969 more unique individuals, the highest number ever in the daily report. Testing of new individuals has exceeded 10,000 for 18 straight days.
The state’s seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals jumped from 20.8% on Friday to 21.5% on Saturday. The seven-day positivity rate for all tests has climbed to 10.9%.
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: 8,451
Total cumulative cases reported Saturday: 244,887
Total cumulative cases reported Friday: 236,565
Increase in cumulative cases: 8,322
Increase in cases reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 60,932
Increase in cases reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 26,285
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: 25
Total deaths: 4,638
Increase in deaths reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 706
Increase in deaths reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 325
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: 25,969
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Saturday: 1,917,951
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Friday: 1,893,070
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 24,881
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 12.8%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 21.5%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 6.6%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 10.9%**
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 322,213
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 303,966
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: 34,633 (increase of 1,079)
Marion County new deaths: 3
Marion County cumulative deaths: 819
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 18.3%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 11.5%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 9,890
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 4,642
Johnson County cumulative cases: 4,830
Madison County cumulative cases: 3,781
Boone County cumulative cases: 1,915
Hancock County cumulative cases: 1,932
Morgan County cumulative cases: 1,581
Shelby County cumulative cases: 1,433
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 23.5%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 32.2%
Available ventilators: 75.3%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 8.1%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Saturday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 10,757,777
U.S. deaths: 244,465
Global cases: 53,608,468
Global deaths: 1,306,600
*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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Hey, Trumpsters! Wear your masks!
ThE oNlY rEaSoN wHy HoSpItIlIzAtIoNs aRe Up iS bEcAuSe TesTiNg Is Up
Untested sick people don’t go to the hospital when symptoms get bad? Right.
HuH?
It is beyond belief that anyone in our local and State governments would allow this total disaster to continue unchecked. The State’s plan is too little and too late. The plan must be more aggressive and thorough. It is totally clear that the current administration does not have the internal medical expertise to make a decent plan to balance both health and the economy simultaneously. It appears that there is no group within our State that be willing to seriously confront the current administration to force it to make significant chances. Healthcare professionals, hospital systems, medical societies, etc. have been eerily silent.
Even though I have written the following many times before, the basics remain the same. The citizenry of our State have to get the message again and again and again, etc. (Remember how long it took to get people to wear seat belts!!!!!!!!!!! The same craziness against seat belts is being used to avoid masks. Many of the same mistakes were made during the 1918 pandemic as well. Too bad history seems to be avoided in our schools at all levels.)
New record numbers every day!!!! How many citizens are we going let get sick, and how many are we going let die? It really is as simple as that.
However, let me try to understand the logic of the State response to the surging pandemic: Stage 5 is okay. Our focus, per Dr. Box, is to increase the amount of healthcare staff and healthcare capacity to take care of the increasing number of sick people. Oh by the way, please wear you mask, pretty please!! (I love it when Health Commissioner, who recently got over COVID-19 episode, has only this to offer to curb the raging pandemic in our State.
As I have said before our State needs outside expertise (e.g. Dr. Anthony Fauci) to tell us citizens the REAL status of our State’s current plan to mitigate the pandemic of our State. The current “experts” from State outside of government (e.g. IU) have done little more than to create a bunch of numbers that are totally not understood by the common lay person.
There needs to a ground swell of outrage from the medical community (i.e. hospital, physicians, medical organizations, nursing organization, pharmacists, etc.) to force a change in how our State is handling the pandemic.
The State has the money to finance, through the Care ACT, to fund a more comprehensively plan to provide all the necessary tools (PPE, testing, contact tracing, etc.) to get the situation under control.
A responsible government would be able to balance the economy AND public health. Indiana appears not to be able to multi-task. A responsible State government would be able to do both. (As a small business owner, I have lost at least 50% of my income for the year. I know the financial consequences of the pandemic. It took months as the beginning to obtain the necessary amount of PPE to keep my employees and customers safe. I have been able to keep the staff intact as well. However, one does not know what the future will bring)
Hopefully, with the election over for the State, our local leaders will begin to multi-task. Frankly, I do not expect any progress. With the flu season beginning and with more indoor events, we need to expect that things are just going to get worse.
Everyone for our State should realize that our current situation was avoidable. Letting things get worse by this State’s administration is UNCONSCIONABLE and INDEFENSIBLE.
Everyone should re-watch the scene from “NETWORK” where Peter Finch gives a speech that still resonates today. Here is the YOUTUBE link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMVMbmQBug