State Health Says 955 More Hoosiers Have COVID-19

The Indiana Department of Health Thursday announced that 955 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 83,277 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

A total of 2,979 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 11 from the previous day. Another 212 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 ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

As of today, more than 34 percent of ICU beds and 81 percent of ventilators are available across the state.

To date, 945,471 tests for unique individuals have been reported to ISDH, up from 934,033 on Wednesday.

In Clinton County, the numbers now read six deaths, 485 positive cases, 6,284 individuals tested which gives the county a seven-day positivity rate of 7.4% as of August 13.

To find testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.