State reports 2,855 more COVID-19 cases, 67 new deaths

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Saturday reported 2,855 new cases of COVID-19.

The state also reported 67 new deaths due to the coronavirus. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 117 of the past 118 days.

The department said 11,129 new individuals were tested Thursday.

Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 fell from 1,446 on Thursday to 1,399 on Friday, the lowest number since Oct. 18. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.

The state said more than 205,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as Saturday at 5 a.m. More than 681,000 had received the first dose of a 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: 2,855

Total cumulative cases: 637,987

COVID-19 deaths

New deaths: 67

Total deaths: 11,346

COVID-19 testing

New tested individuals: 11,129

Total cumulative tested individuals: 2,999,073

Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.3%

Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 15.3%**

Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 10.5%

Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 7%**

** 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 – Feb. 6)

First dose administered: 681,965 (daily increase of 21,931)

Fully vaccinated: 205,712 (daily increase of 14,471)

County numbers

Marion County cumulative cases: 87,779 (increase of 293)

Marion County new deaths: 9

Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,566

Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 13.4%

Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 6.8%

Hamilton County cumulative cases: 30,835

Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,219

Johnson County cumulative cases: 15,841

Madison County cumulative cases: 11,453

Boone County cumulative cases: 5,823

Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,155

Morgan County cumulative cases: 5,822

Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,439

Indiana intensive care unit usage

Available ICU beds: 31.3%

ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 13.8%

Available ventilators: 77.6%

Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 5.8%

U.S. and worldwide numbers

As of Saturday, from Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. cases: 26,914,556

U.S. deaths: 462,138

Global cases: 105,743,102

Global deaths: 2,308,943

*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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