Indiana reports second straight daily high in COVID-19 cases

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Friday reported 1,011 new COVID-19 cases, the second straight day it has reported an all-time daily high for positive cases.

The state reported 954 cases on Thursday. Prior to that, the previous high was was 946 on April 27—a number that included more than 400 cases in Cass County stemming from an outbreak at a meat-processing plant.

The state has now reported more than 600 cases daily for the past 11 days. Total positive cases in the state since the beginning of the pandemic have risen to 60,598.

The state also reported four new deaths Friday, bringing the total to 2,687.

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett cited rising case numbers Thursday when he brought back numerous business and social restrictions designed to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

And Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb cited rising COVID-19 positivity rates Wednesday when said he would issue a statewide mask mandate.

The overall positivity rate remained at 8.9% Friday after the state reported 12,515 new tests. That’s the second-highest number of tests reported in a daily report since the beginning of the pandemic. The highest number was 13,540 on June 18.

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 cases: 1,011

Total cumulative cases reported Friday: 60,598

Total cumulative cases reported Thursday: 59,602

Increase in cumulative cases: 996

Increase in cases reported July 18-July 24: 5,785

Increase in cases reported July 11-17: 4,515

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 4

Total deaths: 2,687

Increase in deaths reported July 18-July 24: 77

Increase in deaths reported July 11-17: 55

COVID-19 testing

*New tests: 12,515

Total cumulative tests reported Friday: 678,749

Total cumulative tests reported Thursday: 666,283

Increase in cumulative tests: 12,466

Percentage of total testing positive: 8.9%

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 13,409 (increase of 155)

Marion County new deaths: 0

Marion County cumulative deaths: 711

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 2,134

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 1,611

Johnson County cumulative cases: 1,516

Madison County cumulative cases: 747

Boone County cumulative cases: 564

Hancock County cumulative cases: 545

Morgan County cumulative cases: 383

Shelby County cumulative cases: 483

Indiana intensive care unit usage (updated July 22)

Available ICU beds: 52.4%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 13.1%

Available ventilators: 83.5%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.4%

Indiana long-term-care facilities (updated July 20)

New cases over past week: 138

Total cases: 5,833

New deaths over past week: 17

Total deaths: 1,262

Facilities with at least one case: 313

Facilities with at least one death: 188

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Friday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 4,057,100

U.S. deaths: 144,524

Global cases: 15,566,087

Global deaths: 634,594

*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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11 thoughts on “Indiana reports second straight daily high in COVID-19 cases

    1. Wear a mask, socially distance, wash your hands. Start there. If 90% or more people did that for 4-8 weeks, country-wide, we be in a good place, like most European countries, South Korea, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, etc. THEN, and only then, can we re-open safely and get the economy back in gear.

  1. A little less than 1% of Indiana’s population of 6.7 mill have tested positive. Hospital admissions are up but not threatening capacity. All we can do now is delay spread so that hospitals are not overrun with very ill patients. Social distancing, masks, closed bars, nearly vacant restaurants, limited size of indoor gatherings, etc. are here to stay until either we have a vaccine or 4 million of us contract COVID-19.

  2. I looked at the number of people who tested positive vs the number of tests and it has been around 9% since July 15th. Why are they not reporting the percentages?

    1. Agreed. Increase in testing is going to result in an increase in number of positive cases. % of positive cases tested is a more accurate number to be following.

  3. And for a second day I’ll ask again:
    IBJ – let’s get some in depth reporting. Not shock titles to articles.
    Governor and Mayor Pothole, please have all healthcare facilities post the following direct on their websites.
    IU Health, Franciscan, Ascension, Community, Lutheran, Parkview, Memorial, etc. from March 15th to date:
    ▶️ Total patients tested for COVID-19 since the pandemic began (includes pending tests)
    ▶️ Total positive tests
    ▶️ Tests pending (waiting for results)
    ▶️ Current inpatients that are COVID-19 positive
    ▶️ Total COVID-19 patients discharged
    ▶️ COVID-19 patients discharged in the last 24 hours
    Then please post ICU inpatients (or percentage from the same time period in 2019.
    The public can decide with accurate data. Not epidemiologists with an agenda.

    1. What “agenda” and what “decision” are you thinking you will make? That you can look at the numbers and know more than a epidemiologist? That’s adorable.

      We know how this plays out from looking at China, Italy, NYC, Texas, and Arizona. What more do you need?

  4. Anyone know how cases are reported? For example, if I go to one lab and test positive, it gets reported as a positive case. If I go to a different lab a week latter and still test positive, is that a “new” report? Also, it would be helpful to know where these new cases are coming from? Are they from nursing facilities, small towns, Marion Co, Hamilton Co, etc? Kind of important information.

  5. While the “new cases” is on a recent upsurge, the death rate continues to lower. Is it possible (I’m only asking) that the relative strength and severity of the virus is weakening?

    1. It’s possible. Also possible that since it’s younger patients getting infected, the death rate will be less.

      But so far, it’s been a spike in infections, then a spike in hospitalizations, then a spike in deaths. Takes some time to play out.

  6. Same question as since first bogus reports….Specifically how many are dying from Covid 19 in contrast to dying with Covid 19…What are the true causes of death and a number of deaths comparison to other years incl 2019… World is not sterile now and never was nor will it ever be !..For those people who are afraid..Stay Home confined to your own space !

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