The Indiana Department of Health announced Sunday that 888 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 655,541 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus.
In Marshall County there were 8 new confirmed positive cases of coronavirus on Sunday bringing our total to 5380. There were no new deaths to report and the number remains at 104. There were 40 individuals tested bringing the overall total to 23,218. The 7-day positivity rate for all tested was 2.6% while the 7-day positivity rate for unique individuals was 10.4. Marshall County remains yellow.
A total of 11,947 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19.
To date, 3,083,893 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana. A total of 7,754,038 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.
Hoosiers age 65 and older, along with healthcare workers, long-term care residents and first responders are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. To schedule, visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211 if you do not have access to a computer or require assistance.
As of Sunday, 889,607 Hoosiers have received a first dose of vaccine, and 436,849 are fully vaccinated.
