Covid 19 update_1The Indiana Department of Health announced Thursday that 4,411 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 578,494 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
Marshall County reported that 22 new individuals tested positive for Covid-19 bringing us to 4870 to date. According to the Indiana Department of Health report Marshall Counties Covid-19 related deaths stayed at 84. There were 67 new individuals tested for Covid-19. The 7-Day Positivity – All Tested scored 10.6% with the 7-Day Positivity-Unique Individuals scored 10.4%.
A total of 8,830 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 40 from the previous day. Another 372 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, 2,792,291 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,779,991 on Wednesday. A total of 6,271,603 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
To find testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.