The Indiana State Department of Health on Friday reported 963 new cases of COVID-19, the fourth time cases have been below 1,000 over the past six days.
The state also reported 33 new deaths due to the coronavirus. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 137 of the past 138 days.
The department said 6,770 new individuals were tested Wednesday. The state said it added 663 historic tested individuals to the cumulative count.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped from 889 on Wednesday to 781 on Thursday, the lowest number since Sept. 21. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 531,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday at 5 a.m. More than 963,000 had received the first dose of a vaccination.
Following are the latest COVID-19 numbers from the Indiana State Department of Health. The department updates its data daily based on information received through 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
COVID-19 cases
*New COVID-19 cases: 963
Total cumulative cases: 660,071
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 33
Total deaths: 12,098
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 6,564
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,106,426
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 11%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.9%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 4%**
** The health department reports the 7-day positivity rates with a six-day lag to allow time for more comprehensive results.
COVID-19 vaccinations
Statewide totals (Dec. 14 – Feb. 26)
First dose administered: 963,225 (daily increase of 21,963)
Fully vaccinated: 531,962 (daily increase of 24,822)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 90,416 (increase of 92)
Marion County new deaths: 5
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,633
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 9%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 3.6%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 31,970
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,785
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,312
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,717
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,068
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,399
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,066
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,598
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 32.2%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 6.9%
Available ventilators: 79.8%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.8%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Friday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 28,415,626
U.S. deaths: 508,359
Global cases: 113,144,824
Global deaths: 2,510,343
*New cases, deaths and tests are previously unreported cases, deaths and tests submitted to the Indiana State Health Department in the 24 hours through 11:59 p.m. the previous day. The cases and testing categories typically contain numerous duplicates—as many as 20% or more—that are later eliminated from the cumulative totals.