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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 Wednesday reported 1,480 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest daily tally since Oct. 7, when it reported 1,302 new cases.
The state also reported 36 new deaths due to the coronavirus. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 114 of the past 115 days.
The department said 5,639 new individuals were tested Tuesday.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 fell from 1,624 on Monday to 1,582 on Tuesday, the lowest number since Oct. 22. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 166,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as Wednesday at 5 a.m. More than 611,000 had received the first dose of a vaccination.
In its weekly update of long-term-care-facility COVID-19 counts, the department said there were 448 new cases and 91 more deaths among residents over the week ended Jan. 27, bringing resident totals during the pandemic to 23,451 cases and 4,923 deaths. There have been 15,234 cumulative staff cases and 20 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: 1,480
Total cumulative cases: 631,331
Increase in cases reported Jan. 1-Feb. 1: 110,618
Increase in cases reported Dec. 1-Jan. 1: 173,400
Increase in cases reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 162,265
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: 36
Total deaths: 9,713
Increase in deaths reported Jan. 1-Feb. 1: 1,597
Increase in deaths reported Dec. 1-Jan. 1: 2,418
Increase in deaths reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 1,474
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: 5,639
Total cumulative tested individuals: 2,973,618
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 15.9%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 10.5%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 7.7%**
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Jan. 1-Feb. 1: 313,617
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Dec. 1-Jan. 1: 432,706
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 507,314
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.
COVID-19 vaccinations
Statewide totals (Dec. 14 – Feb. 3)
First dose administered: 611,429 (daily increase of 24,647)
Fully vaccinated: 166,131 (daily increase of 10,775)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 87,016 (increase of 166)
Marion County new deaths: 4
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,377
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 14.9%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 7.4%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 30,544
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,009
Johnson County cumulative cases: 15,682
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,364
Boone County cumulative cases: 5,759
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,046
Morgan County cumulative cases: 5,738
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,379
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 30.9%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 15.8%
Available ventilators: 76.7%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 6.7%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Wednesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 26,446,439
U.S. deaths: 447,737
Global cases: 104,043,420
Global deaths: 2,258,460
*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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Cases down. Hospitalizations down. ICU bed use by Covid patients down. Ventilator use by Covid patients. All over 1/2 of what they were at their peak, and the headline is “Covid-19 cases in Indiana tick down again”…..? Got it, guys.