Indiana death toll from COVID-19 climbs past 13,000

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Sunday reported 913 new COVID-19 cases, the first time since Tuesday that daily cases have been below 1,000.

The seven-day moving average of positive cases in Indiana dropped from 1,043 on Friday to 1,024 on Saturday—down from 1,057 a month ago.

The state reported 12 new deaths from COVID-19, raising the cumulative total to 13,003.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increased from 917 on Friday to 924 on Saturday—up from 792 a month ago. The all-time high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

The health department reported the testing of 5,452 new individuals.

The state said more than 2.13 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sunday at 5 a.m. More than 2.43 million had received the first dose of a two-dose 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: 913

Total cumulative cases: 729,716

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 12

Total deaths: 13,003

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 5,452

Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,421,873

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.3%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 13.8%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.8%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 5.2%**

** 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–May 9)

First dose administered: 2,439,862 (daily increase of 7,981)

Fully vaccinated: 2,135,682 (daily increase of 24,961)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 99,833 (increase of 143)

Marion County new deaths: 0

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,740

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 14.1%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 6.1%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 35,569

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 17,209

Johnson County cumulative cases: 17,933

Madison County cumulative cases: 12,649

Boone County cumulative cases: 6,690

Hancock County cumulative cases: 8,275

Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,563

Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,907

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 38.3%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 8.2%

Available ventilators: 80%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.8%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Sunday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 32,707,141

U.S. deaths: 581,751

Global cases: 157,943,854

Global deaths: 3,288,544

*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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