Indiana tallies 770 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Monday reported 770 new COVID-19 cases, only the second time in 13 days that cases have fallen below 1,000 in the daily report. Case counts on Mondays, which rely on Sunday reporting, are often lower than the rest of the week.

The seven-day moving average of positive cases in Indiana dropped from 1,313 on Saturday to 1,296 on Sunday, but was up from 985 on April 1.

The state reported three new deaths from COVID-19, increasing the cumulative total 12,818.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 decreased rose from 829 on Saturday to 875 on Sunday. The all-time high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

The health department reported the testing of 3,800 new individuals.

The state said more than 1.57 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Monday at 5 a.m. More than 2.17 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.

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: 770

Total cumulative cases: 708,779

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 3

Total deaths: 12,818

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 3,800

Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,336,468

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 14%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 5.2%**

** 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 – April 19)

First dose administered: 2,174,794 (daily increase of 13,978)

Fully vaccinated: 1,573,036 (daily increase of 5,915)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 96,619 (increase of 137)

Marion County new deaths: 0

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,721

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 13.3%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 6%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 34,549

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 16,822

Johnson County cumulative cases: 17,544

Madison County cumulative cases: 12,353

Boone County cumulative cases: 6,556

Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,990

Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,405

Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,794

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 32.9%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 9.2%

Available ventilators: 79.7%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.7%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Monday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 31,672,240

U.S. deaths: 567,233

Global cases: 141,544,240

Global deaths: 3,022,240

*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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