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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 Friday reported 973 new cases of COVID-19, the 14th day in the past 15 in which daily cases have been below 1,000.
The state reported also 28 new deaths due to the coronavirus. The department said 6,204 new individuals were tested.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increased from 598 on Wednesday to 608 on Thursday. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 792,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday at 5 a.m. More than 1.23 million 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: 973
Total cumulative cases: 671,023
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 28
Total deaths: 12,409
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 6,204
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,172,282
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 8.7%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.6%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 3.1%**
** 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 – March 12)
First dose administered: 1,230,710 (daily increase of 27,232)
Fully vaccinated: 792,217 (daily increase of 21,142)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 91,757 (increase of 109)
Marion County new deaths: 1
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,669
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.1%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 2.6%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 32,655
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 16,030
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,585
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,865
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,239
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,517
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,169
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,664
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 33.5 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 4.8%
Available ventilators: 80.8%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 1.6%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Friday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 29,289,999
U.S. deaths: 530,962
Global cases: 118,742,439
Global deaths: 2,632,955
*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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