Health Department Announces 24 New COVID-19 Deaths

(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 430 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 6,351 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

Local numbers:

  • Lawrence County has 56 positive cases, 7 deaths and 189 people have been tested
  • Monroe County has 61 positive cases, 0 deaths and 411 people have been tested
  • Bartholomew County has 83 positive cases, 0 deaths, 156 people have been tested
  • Brown County has 9 positive cases, 1 death and 24 people have been tested
  • Daviess County has 8 positive cases, 1 death and 75 people have been tested
  • Greene County has 12 positive cases, 0 deaths and 109 people have been tested
  • Jackson County has 53 positive cases, 0 deaths and 182 people have been tested
  • Martin County has 2 positive cases, 0 deaths and 24 people have been tested
  • Orange County has 12 positive cases, 2 deaths and 80 people have been tested
  • Washington County has 23 positive cases, 0 deaths and 74 people have been tested

To date, 32,133 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 30,869 on Monday.

Marion County had the newest cases, at 127. Other counties with more than 10 new cases were Allen (11), Bartholomew (17), Clark (11), Decatur (10), Elkhart (10), Floyd (10), Hendricks (12), Johnson (17), Lake (64) and Porter (10).  The Lake County totals include results from East Chicago and Gary, which have their own health departments.

A total of 245 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

The complete list of counties with cases is included in the ISDH COVID-19 dashboard at coronavirus.in.gov, which will be updated daily at 10 a.m. Cases are listed by county of residence. Private lab reporting may be delayed and will be reflected in the map and count when results are received at ISDH.

The dashboard also has been updated to make corrections based on updated information provided to ISDH.