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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 2,519 new COVID-19 cases, the third-highest number reported so far in the daily report.
The department said the seven-day moving average for cases hit an all-time high of 2,045.
The state reported 27 new deaths due to COVID-19. Newly reported deaths have been in double digits 16 times over the past 18 days. The state has reported 205 new deaths over the past seven days, an average of 29.3 per day. That’s up from 120, or 17.1 per day, the previous week.
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose again, hitting 1,548 as of Thursday. The latest number is the highest since May 4.
The department reported the testing of 11,575 more unique individuals, the fourth time testing has surpassed 11,000 over the last eight days.
The state’s seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals rose from 12.9% to 13%.
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: 2,519
Total cumulative cases reported Friday: 157,713
Total cumulative cases reported Thursday: 155,246
Increase in cumulative cases: 2,467
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: 27
Total deaths: 3,858
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: 11,575
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Friday: 1,605,596
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Thursday: 1,594,365
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 11,231
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 9.8%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 13%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 5.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 6.9%**
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: 25,392 (increase of 246)
Marion County new deaths: 4
Marion County cumulative deaths: 789
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 11.4%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 6,215
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 3,302
Johnson County cumulative cases: 3,151
Madison County cumulative cases: 2,405
Boone County cumulative cases: 1,245
Hancock County cumulative cases: 1,199
Morgan County cumulative cases: 948
Shelby County cumulative cases: 835
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 30.8%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 20.2%
Available ventilators: 77.9%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 5.4%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Friday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 8,424,583
U.S. deaths: 223,226
Global cases: 41,866,558
Global deaths: 1,139,296
*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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Come on, anti-maskers/ Trumpsters – wear a friggin’ mask. Not surprised they are missing from today’s story where they usually complain about Covid not being a big deal. The proof is in the increased hospitalizations. Can’t blame that on increased testing.
Agree. The naysayers have been strangely silent this week.
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Last week while driving through Kentucky I saw a pickup with a window stencil: “Quit bitc*in’ and wear your d*mn mask” (but spelled out).
I remember when the trumpeters were all about how Covid will disappear on Nov 4th because the election will be over and the Democrats and the Media will no longer need to fabricate the seriousness of Covid in order to make trump look bad. Let’s see how that works out.
Yes it will end shortly after the election but probably not till first of the year so not too obvious.
I wonder if we’ll have an increase in cases in Fort Wayne after VP Pence’s visit in an air hanger recently; few masks in use reported.
Tonight I saw pictures of a Trump rally in Florida at a retirement community (OK, higher risk folks, right?), shoulder to shoulder, no masks….
Interesting how nearly 100% of people who are getting infected ARE wearing masks, and nearly everyone in Indiana is wearing a mask and has been for months.
Cases and positivity rate mean very little and many (including those in the CDC and WHO) have said more cases are GOOD. Herd immunity is the only way to get through this disease. It has never (like ever) been the plan to keep people from getting covid… even with a vaccine. The vaccine wil NOT stop people from getting covid just like the flu shot does not stop you from getting the flu. The plan was to keep people from dying of covid and to try to protect the most vulnerable.
Hospitalizations mean nothing and there are still plenty of actual beds. “Available beds” are those that can be appropriately staffed. The problem is that with the lockdowns and stopping elective surgeries that are the primary revenue stream for most hospitals, many across the country have gone out of business or laid off staff. I know of many people working in hospitals that have confirmed this and have said a lot of hospitals have been ghost towns for months. So awesome job having beds but not enough nurses.
And yet NO MENTION (as usual) of the mortality rate or age distribution of deaths which is the only thing that actually matters!
It is either lazy reporting or agenda-driven. No mention that the most deaths in the country are in states with the strictest lockdown and masking orders. In fact 40% of all deaths in the US are from just 5 states.
Current mortality rate in Indiana is 2.4%. So getting covid means you still have a 97.6% chance of survival. If we were to break it down by age and/or preexisting conditions (like subtracting deaths in nursing homes and assisted living) most people have a survival rate higher than 99.7%. For school-aged kids it is higher than 99.98% And with the more people getting covid and being immune to it, that survial rate is going UP not down. The antibody vaccines likely wont do much, but the t-cell boosters probably will.
So be smart. Wash your hands. Wear the dumb mask to feel safe, and stop visiting grandma. Protect the vulnerable and everyone else can continue on our march toward herd immunity just like the experts have said. And yes that means more cases and lower mortality rates with higher survivability.