Covid 19 update_1On Friday, the Indiana Department of Health announced that 1,327 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 704,632 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus.

In Marshall County 18 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed bringing the county’s total to 5,770.  Fifty-two individual tests were administered bringing the total tests in the county to 24,797 since March of 2020.  No new deaths were reported and since the beginning 108 county residents have died from COVID-19.  The 7-day positivity rate for all tests is 2.8% while the 7-day positivity rate for unique individuals is 15.5%.

To date, 12,803 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19.

A total of 3,320,902 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana.  Since February 26th, 2020 a total of 9,372,082 tests including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health.

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

To find other vaccination sites, visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211 to schedule an appointment. Hoosiers age 16 and older are now eligible.

As of Friday, a total of 3,646,880 doses have been administered in Indiana. This includes 2,119,408 first doses and 1,527,472 individuals who are fully vaccinated.