The Indiana Dept. of Health today announced that 3,686 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19. That brings to 574,119 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the new coronavirus, following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 8,790 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 59 since yesterday. Another 373 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 is received by the state and occurred over multiple days.
To date, 2,779,991 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,770,157 on Tuesday. A total of 6,220,087 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the IDH since Feb. 26.
To find testing sites around the state, visit coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
Hoosiers 70 and older, along with health care workers, long-term care residents and first responders, are also now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. To schedule an appointment, visit ourshot.in.gov or call 211.
Nearly 220,000 Hoosiers have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and more than 40,000 have received both doses and are fully vaccinated, according to the IDH. The department has created a vaccine dashboard, which will be updated daily, showing the number of vaccines administered.
