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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 Saturday reported 1,140 new COVID-19 cases, the third-highest number of new cases in a daily report during the pandemic.
The second-highest number of new cases (1,164) was reported Thursday. The top number (1,253) was reported Aug. 7.
Cumulative cases in Indiana have passed the 92,000 mark. The state has reported an average of 876 new cases per day over the past week, up from 805 per day the previous week.
The state on Saturday also reported the testing of 12,033 more individuals, the 12th time that testing has exceeded 12,000 in the daily report. The state’s cumulative positivity rate for unique individuals ticked up from 8.7% on Friday to 8.8%.
Saturday’s report also contained eight new deaths. The daily report has averaged 11.4 new deaths each day over the past two weeks.
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: 1,140
Total cumulative cases reported Saturday: 92,434
Total cumulative cases reported Friday: 91,313
Increase in cumulative cases: 1,121
Increase in cases reported Aug. 23-29: 6,134
Increase in cases reported Aug. 16-22: 5,641
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: 16,200
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 8
Total deaths: 3,066
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 23-29: 75
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 16-22: 74
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
COVID-19 testing**
New tested individuals: 12,033
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Saturday: 1,055,793
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Friday: 1,044,049
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 11,744
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 8.8%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.6%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 6.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 5.1%
Increase in tests reported July 1-Aug. 1: 268,890
Increase in tests reported June 1-July 1: 223,820
Increase in tests reported May 1-June. 1: 166,257
**The department began including antigen test results in its data on Aug. 24.
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 18,212 (increase of 125)
Marion County new deaths: 2
Marion County cumulative deaths: 748
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.4%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 3,811
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 2,285
Johnson County cumulative cases: 2,012
Madison County cumulative cases: 1,270
Boone County cumulative cases: 827
Hancock County cumulative cases: 812
Morgan County cumulative cases: 581
Shelby County cumulative cases: 616
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 36%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 11.9%
Available ventilators: 83.2%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.5%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Saturday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 5,927,421
U.S. deaths: 182,025
Global cases: 24,795,970
Global deaths: 838,391
*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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I think they’re just making up numbers as for propaganda sake.
Talking with those I know in Marion County that work at testing facilities, they say it’s days at a time that they even see anyone come in for testing. Nonetheless we still get the thousands a day reports from ISDH.
They need investigated and audited.
Yeah, they’re making up numbers all over the world!! LOL
So is per-capita testing up or per-capita dying from Covid–and where are the hot spots?
So just what exactly is a “case”? Is that someone who just tests positive and has no symptoms? Some who is sick and test positive? What?
John, according to the state health department, a case is a person officially testing positive for COVID-19 through a PCR or antigen test.