State Health Says 4,819 More Hoosiers Have COVID-19

The Indiana Department of Health Wednesday announced that 4,819 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 505,017 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

A total of 7,812 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 109 from the previous day. Another 348 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by the state and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 2,622,879 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,613,675 on Tuesday. A total of 5,627,342 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.

The Indiana Department of Health will offer free COVID-19 testing at the locations below on the following schedule this week: Today and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.