Testing has confirmed nearly 1,000 additional cases of the COVID-19 virus in Indiana.
The 989 new cases brings Indiana’s total to 67,122 residents who have tested positive for the virus, the state’s health department said Saturday.
More than 2,771 people have died from complications due to the virus since the state’s first death was recorded in mid-March. Another 200 deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.
Monroe County's total COVID-19 case number rose by 13 to 674, and the county death toll remained the same at 30, the health department said.
Some 15,161 Monroe County residents have been tested.
More than 35% of hospital intensive care unit beds and more than 84 percent of ventilators are available across the state, the department said.
George Hale contributed to this report.
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