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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 Wednesday reported 976 new cases of COVID-19. Daily COVID-19 cases have been below 1,000 for 18 straight days and for 26 of the past 27 days.
The state also reported the deaths of 15 more people from COVID-19, raising the cumulative number to 12,568.
The department said 1,455 new individuals were tested Tuesday, the lowest number in that category since April.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 decreased from 596 on Monday to 584 on Tuesday. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 992,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday at 5 a.m. More than 1.49 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: 976
Total cumulative cases: 680,046
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 15
Total deaths: 12,568
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 1,455
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,222,944
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.1%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 8.8%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.4%
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 24)
First dose administered: 1,496,852 (daily increase of 27,606)
Fully vaccinated: 992,664 (daily increase of 22,583)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 92,789 (increase of 103)
Marion County new deaths: 3
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,691
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.5%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 2.8%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 33,102
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 16,225
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,866
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,988
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,311
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,620
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,237
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,700
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 33.2 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 4.3%
Available ventilators: 81.8%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 1.6%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Wednesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 29,925,133
U.S. deaths: 543,933
Global cases: 124,355,643
Global deaths: 2,736,954
*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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