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December 30, 2020 Update from Indiana State Department of Health

Last Updated on December 31, 2020 by Indiana State Department of Health

Stats from coronavirus.in.gov as of noon on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020:

Cass: 4171 (36 new cases); 41 deaths (1 new), 14% positivity
Carroll: 1309 (19 new cases); 14 deaths, 15.3% positivity
Fulton: 1378 (18 new cases); 25 deaths, 12.7% positivity
Pulaski: 833 (6 new cases); 32 deaths (1 new), 24.1% positivity
Miami: 2682 (18 new cases); 30 deaths (2 new), 14.7% positivity
Howard: 6550 (89 new cases); 119 deaths (4 new), 13.1% positivity
White: 2294 (22 new cases); 28 deaths (1 new), 16.5% positivity

Statewide ICU Bed Usage (2150 total capacity)
21.7% available
30.7% in use – COVID
47.7% in use – Non-COVID

District 4 ICU Bed Usage (71 total capacity)
18.3% available
36.6% in use – COVID
45.1% in use – Non-COVID

Statewide Ventilator Usage (2804 total capacity)
68.9% available
13% in use – COVID
18% in use – Non-COVID

District 4 Ventilator Usage (60 total capacity)
55% available
31.7% in use – COVID
13.3% in use – Non-COVID

COVID-19 Hospital Census – 12/29
Total COVID-19 patients – 2941 statewide; 134 in District 4

SOURCE: News release from Indiana State Department of Health

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 4,819 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 505,017 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

A total of 7,812 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 109 from the previous day. Another 348 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, 2,622,879 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,613,675 on Tuesday. A total of 5,627,342 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.

The Indiana Department of Health will offer free COVID-19 testing at the locations below on the following schedule this week: Today and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Carroll County
Boy Scout Building, Riley Park
101 Riley Rd.
Delphi, IN

Dubois County
Huntingburg Event Center
110 E. 14th St.
Huntingburg, IN

Ohio County
Church of Christ (gymnasium)
430 5th St.
Rising Sun, IN

Warren County
Warren County Fairgrounds
408 SR 28
Williamsport, IN

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

Cass County Online