The Indiana State Department of Health on Monday reported 555 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest number since Sept. 21, when 535 new cases were reported. New cases have been below 1,000 seven times over the past nine days.
The state also reported 20 new deaths due to the coronavirus. Reported deaths due to COVID-19 have exceeded single digits in 140 of the past 141 days.
The department said 3,445 new individuals were tested Sunday.
New reported COVID-19 cases and testing of new individuals were down significantly in February, but more deaths due to COVID-19—2,549—were reported than in any other month of the pandemic.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 fell from 778 on Saturday to 763 on Sunday, the lowest number since Sept. 21. The high mark was 3,460, set on Nov. 30.
The state said more than 569,000 Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Monday at 5 a.m. More than 1 million 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: 555
Total cumulative cases: 662,213
Increase in cases reported Feb. 1-March 1: 33,822
Increase in cases reported Jan. 1-Feb. 1: 110,618
Increase in cases reported Dec. 1-Jan. 1: 173,400
Increase in cases reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 162,265
Increase in cases reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 60,932
Increase in cases reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 26,285
Increase in cases reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 27,769
Increase in cases reported July 1-Aug. 1: 21,170
Increase in cases reported June 1-July 1: 11,122
Increase in cases reported May 1-June. 1: 16,065
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 20
Total deaths: 12,162
Increase in deaths reported Feb. 1-March 1: 2,549
Increase in deaths reported Jan. 1-Feb. 1: 1,597
Increase in deaths reported Dec. 1-Jan. 1: 2,418
Increase in deaths reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 1,474
Increase in deaths reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 706
Increase in deaths reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 325
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 322
Increase in deaths reported July 1-Aug. 1: 315
Increase in deaths reported June 1-July 1: 480
Increase in deaths reported May 1-June. 1: 914
Increase in deaths reported April 1-May 1: 997
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 3,445
Total cumulative tested individuals: 3,120,195
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 21.2%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 10.6%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 9.8%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 3.8%**
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Feb. 1-March 1: 156,614
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Jan. 1-Feb. 1: 313,617
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Dec. 1-Jan. 1: 432,706
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Nov. 1-Dec. 1: 507,314
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Oct. 1-Nov. 1: 322,213
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Sept. 1-Oct. 1: 303,966
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 325,159
Increase in unique tested individuals reported July 1-Aug. 1: 268,890
Increase in unique tested individuals reported June 1-July 1: 223,820
Increase in unique tested individuals reported May 1-June 1: 166,257
Increase in unique tested individuals reported April 1-May 1: 85,264
** 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 – March 1)
First dose administered: 1,000,321 (daily increase of 7,639)
Fully vaccinated: 569,465 (daily increase of 3,746)
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 90,706 (increase of 72)
Marion County new deaths: 6
Marion County cumulative deaths: 1,645
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 8.4%
Marion County 7-day positivity rate all tests: 3.5%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 32,099
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 15,825
Johnson County cumulative cases: 16,349
Madison County cumulative cases: 11,746
Boone County cumulative cases: 6,090
Hancock County cumulative cases: 7,409
Morgan County cumulative cases: 6,092
Shelby County cumulative cases: 4,606
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 40.3 %
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 5.7%
Available ventilators: 80%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.4%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Monday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 28,606,892
U.S. deaths: 513,094
Global cases: 114,229,598
Global deaths: 2,533,255
*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.