Indiana reports fewer than 1,000 new COVID cases for third straight day

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 933 new cases of COVID-19, the third day in a row that the daily case count has fallen below 1,000 after more than four months above that level.

The state also reported 20 new deaths due to the coronavirus. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 128 of the past 129 days.

The department said 4,679 new individuals were tested Tuesday despite a winter weather emergency thoughout most of the state.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 fell from 1,018 on Monday to 955 on Tuesday, the lowest total since Oct. 3. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

The state said more than 356,200 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday at 5 a.m. More than 834,400 had received the first dose of a vaccination.

In its weekly update of long-term-care-facility COVID-19 counts, the department said there were 413 new cases and 104 more deaths among residents over the week ended Feb. 10, bringing resident totals during the pandemic to 24,171 cases and 5,212 deaths. There have been 15,734 cumulative staff cases and 21 staff deaths.

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: 933

Total cumulative cases: 651,453

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 20

Total deaths: 11,805

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 4,679

Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,057,498

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.3%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 11.7%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 10.2%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 4.7%**

** 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 – Feb. 17)

First dose administered: 834,478 (daily increase of 6,424)

Fully vaccinated: 356,204 (daily increase of 8,698)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 89,500 (increase of 96)

Marion County new deaths: 1

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,612

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 9.5%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 4.6%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 31,460

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,579

Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,138

Madison County cumulative cases: 11,621

Boone County cumulative cases: 5,985

Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,335

Morgan County cumulative cases: 5,972

Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,548

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 39.9%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 9%

Available ventilators: 79.4%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 3.5%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Wednesday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 27,759,887

U.S. deaths: 488,295

Global cases: 109,657,990

Global deaths: 2,422,024

*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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