State reports 143 more COVID-19 deaths, bringing total to 7,244

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Tuesday reported 3,758 new COVID-19 cases and 143 deaths, marking the 22nd consecutive day that deaths have exceeded 25 in the daily report.

The total number of deaths climbed to 7,244.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 inched up to 3,064 on Monday from 2,967 on Sunday. The high mark was 3,460 set on Nov. 30.

COVID-19 patients occupy 30.3% of the state’s intensive care beds and non-COVID patients are taking up 46.7%, leaving 23.1% available.

The department said 12,039 new individuals had been tested. Testing in that category has exceeded 10,000 for 57 straight days.

The 7-day positivity rate for unique individuals held steady at 24.2%.

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.

*New cases: 3,758

Total cumulative cases471,876

New deaths: 143

Total deaths: 7,244

New tested individuals: 12,039

Total cumulative tested individuals: 2,545,018

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 18.5%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 24.2%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 8%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 12.2%**

** 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: 65,065 (increase of 536)

Marion County new deaths: 15

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,055

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 23.4%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 13.6%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 21,622

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 10,241

Johnson County cumulative cases: 10,805

Madison County cumulative cases: 8,140

Boone County cumulative cases: 4,057

Hancock County cumulative cases: 4,622

Morgan County cumulative cases: 3,894

Shelby County cumulative cases: 3,098

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 19.8%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 31.1%

Available ventilators: 60.6%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 14.6%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Sunday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 17,057,172

U.S. deaths: 319,827

Global cases: 77,556,703

Global deaths: 1,706,513

*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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2 thoughts on “State reports 143 more COVID-19 deaths, bringing total to 7,244

  1. Agree with Chuck W. I like the new format, too. FYI – I think the number of US cases has passed the 18,000,000 threshold – so I think that number might be 18,057,172. FWIW, today’s numbers show that 32% of the newly tested individuals were positive. This is a noteworthy change. 32% positivity is the lowest number by far since Nov. 29. (Of course, it could be a reporting aberration. We’ll have to see how the future numbers shake out.) This is a link to the IBJ numbers collected over time:
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JZCtoPctZdU3eXu1OZZiFM-G0IjIbc3FKmhRQY4UyEk/edit?usp=sharing

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