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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 832 new COVID-19 cases, the ninth day in a row that new cases have exceeded 500.
Cumulative cases in Indiana have passed the 91,000 mark. The state has reported an average of 859 new cases per day over the past week, up from 812 per day the previous week.
The state also reported the testing of 9,510 more individuals, the ninth day in a row that testing has exceeded 8,000 in the daily report. The state’s cumulative positivity rate for unique individuals remained at 8.7%.
Friday’s report also contained 11 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: 832
Total cumulative cases reported Friday: 91,313
Total cumulative cases reported Thursday: 90,504
Increase in cumulative cases: 809
Increase in cases reported Aug. 22-28: 6,013
Increase in cases reported Aug. 15-21: 5,685
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: 11
Total deaths: 3,058
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 22-28: 76
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 15-21: 80
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: 9,510
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Friday: 1,044,049
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Thursday: 1,034,746
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 9,303
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 8.7%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.6%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 6.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 5.2%
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: 18,087 (increase of 111)
Marion County new deaths: 0
Marion County cumulative deaths: 746
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.1%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 3,740
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 2,255
Johnson County cumulative cases: 1,999
Madison County cumulative cases: 1,250
Boone County cumulative cases: 820
Hancock County cumulative cases: 803
Morgan County cumulative cases: 574
Shelby County cumulative cases: 614
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 37.5%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 11.9%
Available ventilators: 83.8%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.3%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 5,878,338
U.S. deaths: 181,022
Global cases: 24,507,036
Global deaths: 832,748
*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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