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Indiana Reports 3,228 COVID-19 Cases, 24 More Confirmed Deaths

The Department of Health reports more than 470,500 Hoosiers have been tested for the virus, and 9.5% have tested positive.
The Department of Health reports more than 470,500 Hoosiers have been tested for the virus, and 9.5% have tested positive.

The Indiana Department of Health reported 3,228 COVID-19 cases and 24 additional confirmed deaths on Sunday.

The latest data brought Indiana's total case number to 590,211 and the total death toll to 8,936.

Monroe County's total COVID-19 case number rose by 48 to 9,076, and the county death toll stayed the same at 108, the department reported.

Some 74,822 Monroe County residents have been tested, it said. 

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The IDOH says it has administered 6,431,185 tests across the state. That number includes tests run by the state, the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, and some private laboratories. The number of tests that have returned positive over the past week is 20.8%. The IDOH says the "number of tests is provisional and reflects only those reported to IDOH. Numbers should not be characterized as a comprehensive total."

As of Sunday, 2,348 patients were hospitalized with the virus.

Sunday's numbers showed that 47.1% of the state's 2,148 existing ICU beds were being used by patients with COVID-19-related illnesses, while 28.4% were still available.

And as of noon Sunday, 16.2% of the state's 2,800 total ventilators were being used by COVID-19 patients, while 73.8% were still available.

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George Hale is a Multi-Media Journalist at Indiana Public Media. He previously worked as an Investigative Reporter for NPR’s northeast Texas member station KETR. Hale has reported from the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Jordan and Egypt.