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February 7, 2021 Update from Indiana Department of Health

Last Updated on February 7, 2021 by Indiana Department of Health

Stats to date from coronavirus.in.gov as of noon on February 7, 2021

Cass: 5135 (25 new cases); 92 deaths (1 new), 10% positivity
Carroll: 1701 (10 new cases); 17 deaths, 9.3% positivity
Fulton: 1722 (5 new cases); 38 deaths, 6.6% positivity
Pulaski: 1022 (3 new cases); 40 deaths, 5.7% positivity
Miami: 3447 (16 new cases); 57 deaths, 9.7% positivity
Howard: 8818 (21 new cases); 173 deaths (1 new), 8.9% positivity
White: 2867 (8 new cases); 51 deaths, 8.7% positivity

According to the vaccine dashboard, the first dose has been administered to 3,693 individuals in Cass County and 718 are fully vaccinated.

SOURCE: News release from Indiana State Department of Health

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 1,764 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 639,711 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

A total of 11,401 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 55 from the previous day. Another 416 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.    

To date, 3,006,430 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,999,073 on Saturday. A total of 7,285,821 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 65 and older, along with healthcare workers, long-term care residents and first responders who are regularly called to the scene of an emergency to render medical assistance, are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. To schedule, visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211 if you do not have access to a computer or require assistance.

As of today, 694,945 Hoosiers have received a first dose of vaccine, and 216,389 are fully vaccinated.

Additional locations and appointments are being added as more vaccine becomes available.

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