Indiana reports 33 more COVID-19 deaths, 963 new cases

The Indiana State Department of Health on Friday reported 963 new cases of COVID-19, the fourth time cases have been below 1,000 over the past six days.

The state also reported 33 new deaths due to the coronavirus. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 137 of the past 138 days.

The department said 6,770 new individuals were tested Wednesday. The state said it added 663 historic tested individuals to the cumulative count.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 889 on Wednesday to 781 on Thursday, the lowest number since Sept. 21. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

The state said more than 531,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday at 5 a.m. More than 963,000 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: 963

Total cumulative cases: 660,071

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 33

Total deaths: 12,098

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 6,564

Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,106,426

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 11%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.9%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 4%**

** 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 – Feb. 26)

First dose administered: 963,225 (daily increase of 21,963)

Fully vaccinated: 531,962 (daily increase of 24,822)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 90,416 (increase of 92)

Marion County new deaths: 5

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,633

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 9%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 3.6%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 31,970

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,785

Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,312

Madison County cumulative cases: 11,717

Boone County cumulative cases: 6,068

Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,399

Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,066

Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,598

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 32.2%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 6.9%

Available ventilators: 79.8%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.8%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Friday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 28,415,626

U.S. deaths: 508,359

Global cases: 113,144,824

Global deaths: 2,510,343

*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.