Indiana passes 750K mark for total COVID-19 cases

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 216 new COVID-19 cases, marking the 15th straight daily report with fewer than 500 cases.

More than 750,000 Hoosiers have now tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The department also reported 12 new deaths from COVID-19, raising the cumulative death tally to 13,343.

The state said more than 2.7 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.73 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dipped from 536 on Monday to 532 on Tuesday. Hospitalizations are down from a recent high of 1,019 on May 4. The pandemic-high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

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: 216

Total cumulative cases: 750,170

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 12

Total cumulative deaths: 13,343

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 2,828

Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,549,161

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.1%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.7%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.5%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 2.7%**

** 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–June 16)

First dose administered: 2,739,547 (daily increase of 6,048)

Fully vaccinated: 2,704,420 (daily increase of 12,775)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 103,166 (increase of 36)

Marion County new deaths: 3

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,782

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 7.1%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 2.9%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 36,552

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 17,603

Johnson County cumulative cases: 18,423

Madison County cumulative cases: 13,130

Boone County cumulative cases: 6,932

Hancock County cumulative cases: 8,560

Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,743

Shelby County cumulative cases: 5,008

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 33.7%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 5%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Wednesday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 33,487,415

U.S. deaths: 600,313

Global cases: 176,721,173

Global deaths: 3,824,424

*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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