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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 Tuesday reported 142 new deaths from COVID-19, by far the highest number of new deaths ever reported in the department’s daily update. The previous high was 103 on Nov. 24.
The high death number is likely due to a backlog of reporting over the Thanksgiving holiday. While the new deaths were all reported to the health department on Monday, most of them occurred over a six-day period starting Nov. 25. One occurred as far back as Oct. 27.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are still climbing, reaching another all-time high Monday of 3,460.
The health department reported 5,518 new COVID-19 cases, the 19th time in the past 21 days that reported cases have topped 5,000.
The health department reported the testing of 13,041 new individuals, bringing the cumulative total to 2,204,581.
COVID-19 patients occupy 45.7% of the state’s intensive care beds. The state said 24.2% of its ICU beds are still available.
November turned out to be a record-setter for the pandemic, with increases in cases (162,265), deaths (1,474) and tested individuals (507,314) setting monthly highs.
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: 5,518
Total cumulative cases: 344,373
Increase in cases reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 162,265
Increase in cases reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 60,932
Increase in cases reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 26,285
Increase in cases reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 27,769
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: 16,065
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 142
Total deaths: 5,598
Increase in deaths reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 1,474
Increase in deaths reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 706
Increase in deaths reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 325
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 322
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
Increase in deaths reported April 1-May 1: 997
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 13,041
Total cumulative tested individuals: 2,217,258
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 15.5%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 21.6%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 7.3%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 11%**
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 507,314
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 322,213
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 303,966
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 325,159
Increase in unique tested individuals reported July 1-Aug. 1: 268,890
Increase in unique tested individuals reported June 1-July 1: 223,820
Increase in unique tested individuals reported May 1-June 1: 166,257
Increase in unique tested individuals reported April 1-May 1: 85,264
** The health department reports the 7-day positivity rates with a six-day lag to allow time for more comprehensive results.
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 46,886 (increase of 769)
Marion County new deaths: 15
Marion County cumulative deaths: 885
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 19.8%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 11.8%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 14,617
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 6,961
Johnson County cumulative cases: 7,267
Madison County cumulative cases: 5,580
Boone County cumulative cases: 2,703
Hancock County cumulative cases: 2,976
Morgan County cumulative cases: 2,441
Shelby County cumulative cases: 2,086
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 24.2%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 45.7%
Available ventilators: 71%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 13.8%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Tuesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 13,566,283
U.S. deaths: 268,662
Global cases: 63,478,019
Global deaths: 1,472,917
*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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Hey Randy S – wear your mask!!!!
I always have it on, Frank! Even the shower, intimate encounters, and sleep.
Frank wins the Internet for today
From what I see, we had 12677 new Hoosiers tested, and 5396 of those tests were positive. That’s 42%. That is an all-time high, I believe. That’s disappointing, because the numbers had seemed to stabilize a bit. Anyway, here’s a link to a spreadsheet collecting the data over time.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JZCtoPctZdU3eXu1OZZiFM-G0IjIbc3FKmhRQY4UyEk/edit?usp=sharing
Everyone keeps calling COVID a “pandemic.” The WHO, back in March labeled this “situation” a pandemic. Last August the WHO (you know the World Health Organization) demoted it to an EPIDEMIC and no longer a pandemic. So why do we keep calling it one?
As far as lockdowns and masks, two people I know both tested positive recently for COVID with one actually getting sick and they were avid mask wearers and one also used the clear plastic face shield as well. None of that helped them.
This epidemic requires more than political solutions, such as better treatments and finally a vaccine. Last week the number of suicides (counting roughly from the same time they started keeping track of COVID deaths) surpassed COVID deaths and is increasing faster than COVID deaths as well. Masks won’t help that.
Neil, the WHO still calls the pandemic a pandemic, and so does the CDC and the state health department.
Masks don’t work if you are around people who do not wear them.
Does it really matter if they call it a pandemic or an epidemic, especially to those who are ill and struggling to catch their next breath or to those who have lost a loved one to this coronavirus called COVID-19? In regards to wearing a mask, I would rather live my life as if there IS a God and find out at the end that there is no God — than to live my life as if there is no God only to find out at the end that there IS a God!
If you care about others – wear a mask when in public.