COVID-19 deaths continue to mount as state surpasses 400,000 cases

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Thursday reported 96 new deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the cumulative total to 6,302.

The state has reported an increase of 556 deaths due to COVID-19 over the past seven days, an average of 79.4 per day. That’s up from 454 the previous week, an average of 648.6.

Indiana also reported 6,604 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide cumulative total of cases to 404,935 during the pandemic. New cases have exceeded 5,000 in 28 of the past 30 daily reports.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dipped from 3,244 on Tuesday to 3,221 on Wednesday.

The department said it tested 16,897 new individuals, the 44th straight day that testing in that category has exceeded 10,000.

The 7-day positivity rate for unique individuals decreased from 27.7% to 26.7%.

COVID-19 patients occupy 43.6% of the state’s intensive care beds. The state said 20.5% of its ICU beds are still available.

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: 6,604

Total cumulative cases404,935

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: 96

Total deaths: 6,302

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: 16,897

Total cumulative tested individuals: 2,369,181

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 17.1%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 26.7%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 7.7%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 13.9%**

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.

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 55,217 (increase of 1,034)

Marion County new deaths: 8

Marion County cumulative deaths: 939

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 24.9%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 14.7%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 17,903

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 8,394

Johnson County cumulative cases: 8,996

Madison County cumulative cases: 6,797

Boone County cumulative cases: 3,283

Hancock County cumulative cases: 3,743

Morgan County cumulative cases: 3,119

Shelby County cumulative cases: 2,587

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 20.5%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 43.6%

Available ventilators: 68.8%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 14.7%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 15,412,133

U.S. deaths: 289,741

Global cases: 69,099,758

Global deaths: 1,573,148

*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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