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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana State Department of Health on Thursday reported 1,164 new COVID-19 cases, the second-largest number of new cases in the daily report since the beginning of the pandemic. The only larger number was 1,253 reported on Aug. 7.
Cumulative cases in Indiana have passed the 90,000 mark. The state has reported an average of 892 new cases per day over the past week, up from 816 the previous week.
The state also reported the testing of 12,844 more individuals, the 10th time testing has exceeded 12,000 in a daily report.
The department also reported a cumulative positivity rate for unique individuals of 8.7%.
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: 1,164
Total cumulative cases reported Thursday: 90,504
Total cumulative cases reported Wednesday: 89,359
Increase in cumulative cases: 1,145
Increase in cases reported Aug. 21-27: 6,244
Increase in cases reported Aug. 14-20: 5,712
Increase in cases reported July 1-Aug. 1: 21,170
Increase in cases reported June 1-July 1: 11,122
Increase in cases reported May 1-June. 1: 16,200
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 6
Total deaths: 3,047
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 21-27: 68
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 14-20: 85
Increase in deaths reported July 1-Aug. 1: 315
Increase in deaths reported June 1-July 1: 480
Increase in deaths reported May 1-June. 1: 914
COVID-19 testing**
New tested individuals: 12,339
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Thursday: 1,034,746
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Wednesday: 1,022,537
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 12,209
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 8.7%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.9%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 6.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 5.5%
Increase in tests reported July 1-Aug. 1: 268,890
Increase in tests reported June 1-July 1: 223,820
Increase in tests reported May 1-June. 1: 166,257
**The department began including antigen test results in its data on Aug. 24.
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 17,976 (increase of 143)
Marion County new deaths: 1
Marion County cumulative deaths: 746
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.2%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 3,692
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 2,241
Johnson County cumulative cases: 1,990
Madison County cumulative cases: 1,245
Boone County cumulative cases: 814
Hancock County cumulative cases: 793
Morgan County cumulative cases: 568
Shelby County cumulative cases: 609
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 32.3%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 10.6%
Available ventilators: 76.9%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.4%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Thursday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 5,832,581
U.S. deaths: 179,977
Global cases: 24,234,340
Global deaths: 827,110
*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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