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December 2, 2020 Update from Indiana State Department of Health

Last Updated on December 2, 2020 by Indiana State Department of Health

Cass: 3191 (34 new cases); 32 deaths
Carroll: 793 (25 new cases); 13 deaths
Fulton: 942 (23 new cases); 19 deaths
Pulaski: 480 (10 new cases); 18 deaths
Miami: 1881 (43 new cases); 17 deaths
Howard: 4005 (106 new cases); 78 deaths
White: 1470 (34 new cases); 24 deaths

Statewide ICU Bed Usage (2186 total capacity)
20.2% available
45.8% in use – COVID
34% in use – Non-COVID

District 4 ICU Bed Usage (70 total capacity)
25.7% available
54.3% in use – COVID
20% in use – Non-COVID

Statewide Ventilator Usage (2802 total capacity)
69.2% available
14.5% in use – COVID
16.3% in use – Non-COVID

District 4 Ventilator Usage (60 total capacity)
63.3% available
33.3% in use – COVID
3.3% in use – Non-COVID

COVID-19 Hospital Census – 12/1
Total COVID-19 patients – 3441 statewide; 177 in District 4

SOURCE: News release from Indiana State Department of Health

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 6,655 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 350,970 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

A total of 5,688 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 91 from the previous day. Another 285 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 the state and occurred over multiple days.           

To date, 2,232,102 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,217,258 on Tuesday. A total of 4,342,486 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.

The state Department of Health will offer free testing from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today through Saturday at the following locations:

Lake County
Lake County Fairgrounds
889 S. Court St. Crown Point, IN

Jasper County
Rensselaer Fire Station
1060 W. Clark St. Rensselaer, IN

Sullivan County
Sullivan County 4-H Fairgrounds
1301 E. County Rd. 75 N Sullivan, IN

Wabash County
Friends Church
3563 S. IN-13 Wabash, IN

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

Cass County Online