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Health Officials: Indiana Virus Cases Increase By 6,558

Long COVID is a chronic condition in which symptoms last for over three months after a COVID-19 infection.
Long COVID is a chronic condition in which symptoms last for over three months after a COVID-19 infection.

Another 6,558 Indiana residents have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

Confirmed deaths due to the virus increased by 53 over the previous day, the Indiana Department of Health said Sunday in a daily update.

Another 334 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.

More than 464,300 people in the state have tested positive for the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. Health officials said Sunday that 7,070 Indiana residents are confirmed to have died due to the virus.

In Monroe County, the total COVID-19 case number rose by 47 to 7,462, and the county death toll rose by one to 82, the health department reported.

Some 9,578 Monroe County residents have been tested, it said.

George Hale contributed to this report. 

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