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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 Thursday reported 879 new cases of COVID-19, the eighth straight day that fewer than 1,000 cases have been reported.
The state also reported 32 new deaths due to the coronavirus for the second day in a row. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 143 of the past 145 days.
The department said 5,714 new individuals were tested Thursday.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 rose from 692 on Wednesday to 730 on Thursday. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 657,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday at 5 a.m. More than 1.08 million had received the first dose of a 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: 879
Total cumulative cases: 665,285
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 32
Total deaths: 12,263
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 5,714
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,138,643
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 9.1%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.7%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 3.3%**
** 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 – March 5)
First dose administered: 1,088,419 (daily increase of 27,324)
Fully vaccinated: 657,741 (daily increase of 24,630)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 91,058 (increase of 117)
Marion County new deaths: 3
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,653
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.9%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 3%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 32,231
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,889
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,425
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,7769
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,119
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,439
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,118
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,625
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 34.2 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 5.6%
Available ventilators: 80.3%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.3%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Friday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 28,828,931
U.S. deaths: 520,422
Global cases: 115,768,386
Global deaths: 2,571,881
*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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