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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 61 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the cumulative total to 15,832.
The seven-day moving average of new deaths rose from 14 per day to 19 per day, the health department said.
The department reported 1,593 more cases of COVID-19, up from 701 the previous day. The cumulative total rose to 1,001,697.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 decreased from 1,576 on Sunday to 1,551 on Monday, their lowest number since Aug. 16. Hospitalizations reached a recent peak of 2,687 on Sept. 13. COVID patients occupy 19% of Indiana’s intensive care unit beds.
The department had not updated vaccination statistics as early Tuesday afternoon. More than 3.3 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Monday at 5 a.m., after a weekend increase of 8,928. More than 235,000 Hoosiers have already gotten vaccine boosters, with a weekend increase of nearly 15,000.
The health department said 58.8% of Indiana residents 18 and older are now fully vaccinated.
COVID-19 cases
*New COVID-19 cases: 1,593
Total cumulative cases: 1,001,697
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 61
Total cumulative deaths: 15,832
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 4,324
Total cumulative tested individuals: 4,303,064
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 23.3%
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8.6%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 17.8%**
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 9.2%**
** 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–Oct. 18 – not updated as of Tuesday afternoon )
First dose administered: 3,303,693 (weekend increase of 6,256)
Fully vaccinated: 3,337,984 (weekend increase of 8,928)
Booster doses: 235,088 (weekend increase of 14,943)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 134,914 (increase of 167)
Marion County new deaths: 8
Marion County cumulative deaths: 2,114
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 13%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 7.1%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 46,157
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 23,767
Johnson County cumulative cases: 24,961
Madison County cumulative cases: 18,662
Boone County cumulative cases: 8,874
Hancock County cumulative cases: 11,639
Morgan County cumulative cases: 9,427
Shelby County cumulative cases: 7,160
Indiana intensive care unit usage
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 19%
ICU beds in use by non-COVID-19 patients: 52.7%
Available ICU beds: 28.4%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Tuesday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 45,052,861
U.S. deaths: 726,274
Global cases: 241,293,510
Global deaths: 4,908,879
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141.323% of the 61 were unvaccinated, and young, and healthy, even babies, some in utero, not immunocompromised.