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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 Tuesday reported 841 new COVID-19 cases and 15 additional deaths in its daily report.
The department has reported 164 deaths from COVID-19 over the past two weeks, an average of 11.7 deaths per day.
The state also reported the testing of 9,140 more individuals and a cumulative positivity rate for unique individuals of 8.7%.
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: 841
Total cumulative cases reported Tuesday: 88,421
Total cumulative cases reported Monday: 87,592
Increase in cumulative cases: 821
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: 15
Total deaths: 3,023
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: 9,140
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Tuesday: 1,010,981
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Monday: 1,002,038
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 8,943
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 8.7%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 7.2%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 6.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 5.7%
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: 17,690 (increase of 101)
Marion County new deaths: 2
Marion County cumulative deaths: 745
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.6%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 3,588
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 2,188
Johnson County cumulative cases: 1,956
Madison County cumulative cases: 1,213
Boone County cumulative cases: 789
Hancock County cumulative cases: 780
Morgan County cumulative cases: 555
Shelby County cumulative cases: 608
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 41.9%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 11.9%
Available ventilators: 83.5%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.7%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Tuesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 5,746,940
U.S. deaths: 177,536
Global cases: 23,694,646
Global deaths: 814,354
*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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Without question, it is irresponsible to add in the antigen test results to the positivity percentage numbers. The only reason to do so is to ‘cook the books’ so it looks like things are okay here in Indiana.
The very least they should do is divulge the number of PCR tests and results so that positivity rate can still be useful. That positivity rate is a key decision factor in when schools must go full in-person and when they must go fully virtual. To screw with this data is political, pure and simple — and will leave Hoosiers uninformed on what dangers we face so we can make intelligent decisions about our behavior.