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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 Friday reported 6,008 new COVID-19 cases, the 22nd time daily cases have exceeded 6,000.
New cases have topped 4,000 in 44 straight daily reports.
The state reported 84 more deaths due to COVID-19, the ninth time deaths have exceeded 70 in the past 11 reports. Indiana has reported 6,944 total deaths from COVID-19 during the pandemic, plus another 321 probable COVID deaths.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 decreased from 3,147 on Wednesday to 3,065 on Thursday. The high was 3,460 set on Nov. 30.
COVID-19 patients occupy 31.5% of the state’s intensive care beds and non-COVID patients are taking up 48%, leaving 20.6% available.
The department said it tested 15,556 new individuals, the 52nd straight day that testing in that category has exceeded 10,000.
The 7-day positivity rate for unique individuals dipped from 24.5% to 24.4%.
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: 6,088
Total cumulative cases: 453,139
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: 84
Total deaths: 6,944
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: 15,556
Total cumulative tested individuals: 2,492,370
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 18.2%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 24.4%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 12.4%**
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: 62,368 (increase of 1,015)
Marion County new deaths: 8
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,025
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 23.7%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 13.5%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 20,584
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 9,674
Johnson County cumulative cases: 10,272
Madison County cumulative cases: 7,729
Boone County cumulative cases: 3,798
Hancock County cumulative cases: 4,407
Morgan County cumulative cases: 3,692
Shelby County cumulative cases: 2,955
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 20.6%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 31.5%
Available ventilators: 71.2%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 13.2%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Friday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 17,155,123
U.S. deaths: 311,010
Global cases: 75,155,123
Global deaths: 1,665,974
*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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Daily positives are trending down and hospitalizations are decreasing. What negative spin can we put on today’s headline?….
The positive propaganda spin will be more like this: Masks and distancing are [finally] working [after approximately 5 and 9 months, respectively!].
Completely agree. As soon as the headlines go silent on any of the important data points, you know that they must be getting better. Pretty predictable, sadly.
It’s funny how you guys want to celebrate a positivity rate near 25%. I’m happy it’s trending down, but I’m so sick of the people constantly on the hunt and whining about “media bias”. Especially in a publication as credible as the IBJ.
No one said that anyone is celebrating the positivity rate. It’s a VIRUS. It’s being a VIRUS. Until the vaccine is widely available, the key is to continue to keep hospitalizations at a manageable level — which they are and it is a reason to be positive. Btw, the positivity rate means about as much as the number of cases. If people are managing through having COVID like any other flu (and not requiring hospitalization), then cases and positivity rates are not data points that should, on their own, cause grave concern.
The percent of ICU beds available is a very gross approximation of the capacity of our health care system to respond to the pandemic. It is easy to make more ICU beds, but to find health care workers to staff those beds is now a major problem. The level of care required for COVID patients is well above the “normal” ICU patient. Another indicator of the continuing seriousness of the pandemic is that COVID-associated deaths would now number as the the third leading cause of death in Indiana in only 9+ months, trailing only heart disease and cancer based on 2017 full year ISDH data.