| INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 976 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 680,046 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
To date, 12,568 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 15 from the previous day. Another 407 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.
A total of 3,222,944 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 3,221,661 on Tuesday. A total of 8,697,759 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 40 and older, along with healthcare workers, long-term care residents, first responders who are regularly called to the scene of an emergency to render medical assistance, and educators and school support staff through grade 12 are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
To schedule a vaccine, visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211 if you do not have access to a computer or require assistance. |
