September 22, 2024

Indiana coronavirus cases: 6,983 new cases, 40 more deaths

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The Indiana State Department of Health on Saturday reported 6,983 new COVID-19 cases and 40 additional deaths.

There have now been 289,183 total cases of coronavirus and 4,992 deaths in Indiana since the pandemic began.

Here are some other statistics of note:

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  • How many people in Indiana hospitals with COVID-19: 3,168.
  • Intensive care unit bed availability: 22.4% of 2,151 beds. 43% of beds are occupied by COVID patients.
  • Ventilator availability: 72.2% of 2,801. 10.4% of ventilators are in use by COVID patients.
  • State positivity rates (seven-day average rate as of Nov. 14): For all tests performed, 12.2%. For unique individuals, 23.5%.
  • Regenstrief Institute estimate of how many people are currently infected: 78,672.
  • Counties with more than 100 Newly reported cases: Marion (746), Lake (503), Allen (430), Elkhart (379),  St. Joseph (339), Hamilton (306), Tippecanoe (251),  Porter (187), Clark (162), Kosciusko (161), Monroe (151), Vanderburgh (147), Johnson (138), Hendricks (137), Grant (111), LaPorte (105).
  • Counties with more than 50 newly reported cases: Bartholomew (99), Howard (98), Vigo (91), Hancock (87), Delaware (86), Madison (84), Clay (77), Jasper (75), Wayne (74), Floyd (71), Boone, (70), Miami (68), Dearborn (67), Gibson (67), Noble (61), Shelby (54).
  • Counties with more than 20 newly reported cases: Scott (50), Jefferson (49), Wabash (49), Whitley (46), Jay (45), Henry (45), Warrick (45), Clinton (41), Dubois (40), Morgan (40), Spencer (38), Marshall (38), Jackson (37), Steuben (37), DeKalb (35), Adams (35), Vermilliion (34), Lawrence (33), Daviess (32), Montgomery (31), White (31), Harrison (30), Huntington (30), Knox (30), Parke (30), Cass (29), Washington (29), Wells (29), Ripley (28), LaGrange (27), Randolph (27), Owen (27), Decatur (24), Fountain (24), Fayette (24), Posey (21), Sullivan (21).
  • Counties with a 10% or higher seven-day positivity rate: Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Dearborn, Decatur, Daviess, DeKalb, Dubois, Elkhart, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain, Franklin, Gibson, Grant, Greene, Hamilton, Hendricks, Henry, Huntington, Jackson, Jasper, Jay, Jefferson, Johnson, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, LaPorte, Madison, Marion, Martin, Miami Morgan, Montgomery, Porter, Pike, Posey, Pulaski, Newton, Noble, Randolph, Ripley, Shelby, Spencer, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Vermillion, Vigo, Whitley, Wabash, Warren, Washington, Wells, White.
  • a blue bag on a table: A health worker displays the packaged nasopharyngeal swab, which goes about two inches into the nasal cavity, used on patients at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing station for University of Washington Medicine patients on March 17, 2020, in Seattle. The appointment-only drive-thru clinic began a day earlier. Health authorities in Washington reported more COVID-19 deaths in the state that has been hardest hit by the outbreak. © Elaine Thompson/AP A health worker displays the packaged nasopharyngeal swab, which goes about two inches into the nasal cavity, used on patients at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing station for University of Washington Medicine patients on March 17, 2020, in Seattle. The appointment-only drive-thru clinic began a day earlier. Health authorities in Washington reported more COVID-19 deaths in the state that has been hardest hit by the outbreak.

    Contact Pulliam Fellow Lydia Gerike at lgerike@gannett.com or follow her on Twitter at @LydiaGerike.

    This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana coronavirus cases: 6,983 new cases, 40 more deaths

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