COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to increase with 1,138 Hoosiers hospitalized due to the virus.
Sixteen more people have died in Indiana with coronavirus infections, giving the state nearly 2,400 deaths of those with confirmed or presumed infections since mid-March, health officials said Friday.
Most of the newly recorded deaths happened Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, but others happened as far back as May 9, according to the Indiana State Department of Health.
The latest state statistics give the state a death toll of 2,214 people who died with confirmed COVID-19 infections. The heath department also has recorded 182 fatalities considered coronavirus-related by doctors but without confirmation of the illness from test results.
Emma Atkinson is a reporter for WTIU and WFIU News and the anchor of regional newscasts for All Things Considered. She's originally from Champaign, Ill. and graduated from IU with a Bachelor's degree in journalism in 2019. Emma has previously worked as a reporter in Kampala, Uganda and Ketchikan, Alaska.
