Covid 19 update_1The Indiana Department of Health announced Thursday that 2,403 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 633,690 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

In the Indiana Department of Health Marshall County reported that 19 new individuals tested positive for Covid -19. After Marshall County’s death count held at 84 for more than 2 weeks today’s Indiana Covid-19 Dashboard and Maps reported 97 Covid related deaths. There were 72 new individuals tested for Covid-19. The 7-Day Positivity for All Tests score 5.4 % with the 7-Day Positivity for Unique Individuals scoring 23.3%.

A total of 11,231 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19. The total includes 37 newly reported deaths and 1,507 historical deaths that were identified through an audit of death records and positive test results.

Another 406 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.

To date, 2,983,026 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,973,618 on Wednesday. A total of 7,150,804 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26, 2020.

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