Indiana reports decline in COVID-19 cases, 80 more deaths

The Indiana State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 1,777 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest number of cases in the daily report since Oct. 21.

The department also reported 80 more deaths, the highest number since Jan. 19. Deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits for 107 straight days.

The state said 5,646 new individuals were tested Monday in Indiana, the lowest number since Dec. 28.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 2,045 on Sunday to 1976 on Monday. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

The state said more than 106,000 Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

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: 1,777

Total cumulative cases: 614,946

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 80

Total deaths: 9,432

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 5,646

Total cumulative tested individuals: 2,912,183

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.1%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 17.7%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 10.7%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 9.3%**

** 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 – Jan 25)

First dose administered: 459,701 (daily increase of 18,888)

Fully vaccinated: 106,874 (daily increase of 6,858)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 84,923 (increase of 248)

Marion County new deaths: 5

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,342

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 17.5%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 9.2%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 29,752

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 14,550

Johnson County cumulative cases: 15,234

Madison County cumulative cases: 11,071

Boone County cumulative cases: 5,579

Hancock County cumulative cases: 6,783

Morgan County cumulative cases: 5,519

Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,233

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 33.1%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 20.7%

Available ventilators: 75.5%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 8.9%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Tuesday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 25,298,555

U.S. deaths: 421,239

Global cases: 99,825,219

Global deaths: 2,143,198

*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.