Indiana COVID-19 cases hit 4-month low amid increase in deaths

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Monday reported 1,065 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest number since Oct. 6.

The state also reported 58 new deaths due to the coronavirus. Despite significant declines in case counts, reported deaths from COVID-19 remain high in Indiana. The health department has reported 366 new deaths over the past seven days, a daily average of 52.3. That’s up from 264 the previous week, a daily average of 37.7.

Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 119 of the past 120 days.

The department said 5,291 new individuals were tested Sunday.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 ticked up slightly, from 1,287 on Saturday to 1,292 on Sunday, the first increase since Feb. 1. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

The state said more than 223,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as Sunday at 5 a.m. More than 699,000 had received the first dose of a vaccination.

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: 1,065

Total cumulative cases: 640,744

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 58

Total deaths: 11,459

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 5,291

Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,011,185

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.3%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 14.8%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 10.4%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 6.6%**

** 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. 8)

First dose administered: 699,769 (daily increase of 4,859)

Fully vaccinated: 223,576 (daily increase of 7,190)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 88,194 (increase of 155)

Marion County new deaths: 4

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,576

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 12.7%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 6.3%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 30,942

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,281

Johnson County cumulative cases: 15,916

Madison County cumulative cases: 11,486

Boone County cumulative cases: 5,854

Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,196

Morgan County cumulative cases: 5,851

Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,456

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 37.2%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 13.1%

Available ventilators: 79.7%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 5.2%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Monday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 27,013,905

U.S. deaths: 463,584

Global cases: 106,277,553

Global deaths: 2,319,703

*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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