Covid 19 update_1The Indiana Department of Health announced Tuesday that 2,756 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 595,436 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

Marshall County reported 4 new individuals tested positive for Covid-19 bringing the total count to 4953 to date with Covid-19 related deaths remaining at 84. There were 23 new individuals tested for Covid-19. The 7-Day Positivity –All Tests scored 10.1 % with the 7-Day Positivity- Unique Individual scoring 22.3%.

A total of 9,092 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 126 from the previous day. Another 374 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, 2,847,632 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,839,505 on Monday. A total of 6,498,762 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.