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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowStatewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continued to climb over the weekend, reaching their largest number since Feb. 11, according to figures released Monday by the Indiana State Department of Health.
Hospitalizations rose from 1,109 on Saturday to 1,161 on Sunday, nearly three times the number (418) seen a month ago. The all-time high in Indiana was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The department reported 1,208 new cases of COVID. That’s the highest number of new cases contained in a Monday report since Feb. 1, when 1,733 were reported. Cumulative COVID-19 cases rose from 781,326 in Friday’s report to 786,272 on Monday, a weekend increase of 4,946 cases. (The state health department no longer issues reports on Saturday and Sunday.)
The state reported no new deaths from COVID-19, but the cumulative death total rose by 10 over Friday’s report, to 13,634. The seven-day moving average of new deaths was four, the department said.
The state said more than 2.98 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Monday at 5 a.m. More than 2.99 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination. More than 16,500 Hoosiers received the first dose of a two-dose vaccine over the weekend.
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: 1,208
Total cumulative cases: 786,272
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 0
Total cumulative deaths: 13,634
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 3,997
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,712,109
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.4%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 17.3%**
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 9%**
** 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–Aug. 9)
First dose administered: 2,990,009 (weekend increase of 16,519)
Fully vaccinated: 2,982,477 (weekend increase of 10,927)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 108,193 (increase of 197)
Marion County new deaths: 0
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,821
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 15.8%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 9.3%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 38,065
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 18,518
Johnson County cumulative cases: 19,328
Madison County cumulative cases: 14,005
Boone County cumulative cases: 7,388
Hancock County cumulative cases: 8,984
Morgan County cumulative cases: 7,097
Shelby County cumulative cases: 5,235
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 32.5%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 12.5%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Monday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 35,775,272
U.S. deaths: 616,864
Global cases: 202,970,177
Global deaths: 4,298,791
*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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Get with the program. Get the shot!
Operation Warp Speed will likely go down at Donald Trump’s greatest historical success.
Why won’t you take Trump’s vaccine, one he himself got?
Now if we could just figure out why Donald doesn’t encourage others to get the vaccine!
Probably because he doesn’t make any money from it.