Indiana reports lowest daily death count from COVID-19 in 3 months

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Monday reported 2,210 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 more deaths. The daily case count was the lowest since Dec. 27 and the death count was the lowest since Oct. 25.

Deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits for 106 straight days.

The state said 7,973 new individuals were tested Sunday in Indiana.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 2,118 on Saturday to 2,045 on Sunday. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

The state said more than 100,000 Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

School data

The Indiana State Department of Health on Monday reported the latest figures related to schools. The results are updated weekly. The latest report covered the week ended Jan. 15.

The latest figures showed a rise in student COVID-19 cases of 1,826, an increase of 302 teacher cases and 325 more staff cases.

Cumulative case counts since the beginning of the school years rose to 22,533 students, 4,672 teachers and 5,464 staff members.

The state said 1,906 schools have reported one or more cases, while 166 have seen no cases. Another 296 schools have not reported data to the state.

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: 2,210

Total cumulative cases: 613,228

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 12

Total deaths: 9,352

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 7,973

Total cumulative tested individuals: 2,907,032

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.1%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 18%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 10.7%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 9.6%**

** 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 24)

First dose administered: 440,822 (daily increase of 6,587)

Fully vaccinated: 100,019 (daily increase of 1,503)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 84,685 (increase of 264)

Marion County new deaths: 2

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,338

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 17.6%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 9.4%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 29,649

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 14,485

Johnson County cumulative cases: 15,191

Madison County cumulative cases: 11,044

Boone County cumulative cases: 5,564

Hancock County cumulative cases: 6,782

Morgan County cumulative cases: 5,486

Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,207

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 31.2%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 21.3%

Available ventilators: 75%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 9.2%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Monday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 25,137,632

U.S. deaths: 419,263

Global cases: 99,301,242

Global deaths: 2,131,532

*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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6 thoughts on “Indiana reports lowest daily death count from COVID-19 in 3 months

  1. You mean Biden has fixed things in less than a week! Amazing! How come he didn’t do do anything for 50 years in politics but now works magic in 5 days?! Note the sarcasm…

  2. I predicted this 4 months ago … that “as soon as Biden is inaugurated, the pandemic will end”. (And long before 4 months ago the media had already anointed Biden winner of the election). The Democratic Party deserves to be in power. They understand power politics. They are masters of the double-standard. OK for them to challenge the legitimacy of the Trump presidency for 4+ years, but totally unacceptable for the Republicans to challenge the legitimacy of the Biden presidency for two months. We’ll see how soon the pandemic ends. Biden says we are headed for the worst in the months ahead. Never forget that the Democrats need some sort of major crisis, any major crisis, in order to ram their policies and agenda through while sidestepping all legalities. Both parties are at an all-time low. It’s why so many have such a low regard for Washington D.C. and all those that operate there.

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