Covid 19 update_1The Indiana Department of Health announced Thursday that 2,890 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 619,995 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

Marshall County reported 25 new individuals tested positive for Covid-19 bringing Marshall Counties total to 5121 to date. As reported Wednesday by the Indiana Department of Health the Covid-19 related deaths continue to stay at 84. There were 72 individuals tested for Covid-19. The 7-Day Positivity- All Tests score 3.7% with the 7-Day Positivity for Unique Individuals scoring 14.5%.

A total of 9,504 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 34 from the previous day. Another 375 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, 2,930,353 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,920,127 on Wednesday. A total of 6,884,491 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.