Covid 19 update_1The Indiana Department of Health Tuesday announced that 5,457 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 392,663 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

Marshall County reported 28 new cases totaling 3676 to date with an additional 4 deaths totaling 56. There was 47 new individuals tested with the 7- day – ALL Tests -7.6% with the 7- day- Unique Individuals-32.8%.

A total of 6,109 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 124 from the previous day. Another 301 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, 2,338,308 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,323,969 on Monday. A total of 4,656,827 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.

The state Department of Health will offer free testing from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today through Friday this week at the following locations:

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