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Indiana Reports 736 More COVID-19 Cases, 17 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.

Indiana health officials on Sunday confirmed 736 more cases of COVID-19 and 17 additional deaths.

The state has logged 661,673 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

The COVID-19 death toll is 12,142. Another 431 probably deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom there’s no positive test on record, according to the Indiana Department of Health.

In Monroe County, the total COVID-19 case number rose by 16 to 10,328, and the county death toll stayed the same at 161.

Some 80,941 Monroe County residents have been tested.

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Nearly 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Indiana.

Currently Indiana residents age 60 and older, health care workers and first responders are among those eligible for vaccines.

George Hale contributed to this report. 

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