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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 Saturday reported 925 new cases of COVID-19. Daily cases have been below 1,000 for 14 straight days and for 22 of the past 23 days.
The state also reported six new deaths due to the coronavirus, the lowest mark since March 8.
The department said 6,689 new individuals were tested Friday.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dipped from 595 on Thursday to 577 on Friday, the lowest mark since the early weeks of the pandemic. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 935,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Saturday at 5 a.m. More than 1.41 million had received the first dose of a two-dose 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: 925
Total cumulative cases: 677,135
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 6
Total deaths: 12,515
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 5,689
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,210,529
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.1%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 8.5%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.4%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 3.2%**
** 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 20)
First dose administered: 1,418,294 (daily increase of 29,375)
Fully vaccinated: 935,381 (daily increase of 19,721)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 92,423 (increase of 124)
Marion County new deaths: 1
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,685
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 5.8%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 2.8%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 32,965
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 16,160
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,769
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,955
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,286
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,592
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,222
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,688
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 36.1 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 3.6%
Available ventilators: 81%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 1.5%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Saturday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 29,742,662
U.S. deaths: 541,259
Global cases: 122,498,605
Global deaths: 2,704,141
*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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