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July 22, 2020 Update from Indiana State Department of Health

Last Updated on July 22, 2020 by Indiana State Department of Health

SOURCE: News release from Indiana State Department of Health

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 763 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 58,673 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus.

As of today, nearly 37 percent of ICU beds and more than 82 percent of ventilators are available statewide.

A total of 2,666 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 14 over the previous day. Another 197 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.   

To date, 654,413 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 644,805 on Tuesday.

ISDH is hosting free testing clinics in the following counties this week: Elkhart, Henry, Starke, Tippecanoe, Kosciusko, Marshall, Ohio, Brown, Gibson, Wells, Perry, Warrick and Lake.

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

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