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January 16, 2020 Update from Indiana Department of Health

Last Updated on January 17, 2021 by Indiana Department of Health

Stats from coronavirus.in.gov as of noon on January 16, 2021:

Cass: 4690 (11 new cases); 60 deaths (1 new), 15.7% positivity
Carroll: 1513 (8 new cases); 15 deaths, 15.6% positivity
Fulton: 1588 (9 new cases); 29 deaths, 13% positivity
Pulaski: 946 (4 new cases); 37 deaths, 13.3% positivity
Miami: 3082 (14 new cases); 43 deaths, 14% positivity
Howard: 7834 (47 new cases); 137 deaths, 14.9% positivity
White: 2657 (17 new cases); 38 deaths, 16.8% positivity

Statewide ICU Bed Usage (2197 total capacity)
27.4% available
23.9% in use – COVID
48.7% in use – Non-COVID

District 4 ICU Bed Usage (71 total capacity)
22.5% available
39.4% in use – COVID
38% in use – Non-COVID

Statewide Ventilator Usage (2796 total capacity)
73.2% available
9.6% in use – COVID
17.2% in use – Non-COVID

District 4 Ventilator Usage (60 total capacity)
71.7% available
21.7% in use – COVID
6.7% in use – Non-COVID

COVID-19 Hospital Census – 1/4
Total COVID-19 patients – 2404 statewide; 129 in District 4

Find info on the vaccine dashboard at https://www.coronavirus.in.gov/vaccine/

SOURCE: News release from Indiana State Department of Health

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 3,973 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 587,049 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

A total of 8,913 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 41 from the previous day. Another 374 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, 2,819,864 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,806,743 on Friday. A total of 6,386,194 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 70 and older, along with healthcare workers, long-term care residents and first responders, are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. To schedule, visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211. Additional locations and appointments are being added as more vaccine becomes available.

To date, 282,943 Hoosiers have received their first dose of vaccine, and nearly 56,000 have been fully vaccinated.

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