The Indiana State Department of Health on Sunday reported 888 new cases of COVID-19, the fifth time in the past seven days that cases have fallen below 1,000.
The state also reported 35 new deaths due to the coronavirus. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 132 of the past 133 days.
The department said 5,104 new individuals were tested Saturday.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 fell from 923 on Friday to 870 on Saturday, the lowest number since Sept. 24. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 436,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sunday at 5 a.m. More than 889,000 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: 888
Total cumulative cases: 654,660
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 35
Total deaths: 11,947
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 5,104
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,083,893
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.3%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 11.1%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 10.1%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 4.2%**
** 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. 21)
First dose administered: 889,607 (daily increase of 8,776)
Fully vaccinated: 436,849 (daily increase of 12,706)
County numbers
(County numbers were not updated Sunday due to a technological issue, according to the state health department. The following numbers are from Saturday’s report.)
Marion County cumulative cases: 89,838 (increase of 140)
Marion County new deaths: 0
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,616
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 8.9%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 4.1%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 31,621
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,657
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,196
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,653
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,014
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,364
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,014
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,570
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 36.5%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 7.4%
Available ventilators: 81.4%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.8%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Sunday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 28,114,570
U.S. deaths: 498,384
Global cases: 111,262,521
Global deaths: 2,463,873
*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.