Indiana shattered its record for COVID-19 cases reported in a single day Friday, with more than 18-hundred Hoosiers testing positive for the virus. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Lauren Chapman reports this follows two weeks of worsening numbers.
The Indiana State Department of Health reported 1,832 new COVID-19 cases Friday. The state has reported more than 1,000 cases for nine of the last 14 days.
Over the last week, 105 Hoosiers have been confirmed to have died because of COVID-19 – the highest one-week total since June 20.
The state’s hospitalization rate has also seen an increase – with 1,187 Hoosiers hospitalized with the novel coronavirus. That’s the highest since May 21. The state’s ventilator supply remains steady, but availability of ICU beds is at its lowest – 30.3 percent, or 672 beds – since the state started reporting that number in early April.
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