Indiana reports second-highest daily increase in COVID-19 cases

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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.

The state reported an increase in the cumulative number of cases of 841. That’s the second-highest daily increase since the beginning of the pandemic. The biggest increase was 949 on April 27—a number that included an outbreak of more than 400 cases in Cass County. Indiana has seen new cases rise for five straight days and has reported more than 700 new cases for four straight days.

Testing in Indiana has exceeded 9,000 tests daily for three straight days and has risen for five straight days.

COVID-19 cases

*New cases: 855

Total cumulative cases reported Saturday: 55,654

Total cumulative cases reported Friday: 54,813

Increase in cumulative cases: 841

Increase in cases reported July 12-18: 4,575

Increase in cases reported July 5-11: 3,647

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 17

Total deaths: 2,627

Increase in deaths reported July 12-18: 66

Increase in deaths reported July 5-11: 69

COVID-19 testing

*New tests: 9,853

Total cumulative tests reported Saturday: 614,455

Total cumulative tests reported Friday: 604,635

Increase in cumulative tests: 9,820

Percentage of total testing positive: 9.1%

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 12,609 (increase of 125)

Marion County new deaths: 4

Marion County cumulative deaths: 706

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 1,888

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 1,539

Johnson County cumulative cases: 1,418

Madison County cumulative cases: 704

Boone County cumulative cases: 520

Hancock County cumulative cases: 498

Morgan County cumulative cases: 365

Shelby County cumulative cases: 474

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 29.5%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 9.9%

Available ventilators: 73.2%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 3.1%

Indiana long-term-care facilities (updated July 13)

New cases over past week: 114

Total cases: 5,695

New deaths over past week: 25

Total deaths: 1,245

Facilities with at least one case: 302

Facilities with at least one death: 183

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Saturday morning, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 3,664,102

U.S. deaths: 139,426

Global cases: 14,104,033

Global deaths: 597,541

*New cases and tests are previously unreported cases and tests submitted to the Indiana State Health Department in the 24 hours through 11:59 p.m. the previous day. This category typically contains numerous duplicates—as many as 20% or more—that are later eliminated from the cumulative totals.

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