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Nearly 3 Percent Of Fully-Vaccinated Hoosiers Have Received Single-Shot J&J Vaccine

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to increase with 1,138 Hoosiers hospitalized due to the virus.
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to increase with 1,138 Hoosiers hospitalized due to the virus.

The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) updated its dashboard Friday to differentiate between distribution progress of the two-shot Moderna and Pfizer vaccines and the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

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The new numbers show that 792,217 Hoosiers are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19; 22,953 (about 2.9%) of those people received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which the state began administering earlier this month.

In Monroe County, 15,832 people have been fully vaccinated. Three hundred and sixty-one of those people received the Johnson & Johnson shot.

IDOH reported 973 new COVID-19 cases and 28 additional confirmed deaths Friday, bringing the state's case total to 671,023 and the confirmed death toll to 12,409.

The state's seven-day all-test positivity rate remains at 3.1%.

In Monroe County, IDOH reported 18 new cases and one additional death. The county has now seen 10,505 total cases and 166 confirmed deaths.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Indiana and in Monroe County continue to trend down, despite a slight increase in the number of people currently hospitalized across the state. 

For the latest news and resources about COVID-19, bookmark our Coronavirus In Indiana page  here.

Emma Atkinson is a reporter for WTIU and WFIU News and the anchor of regional newscasts for All Things Considered. She's originally from Champaign, Ill. and graduated from IU with a Bachelor's degree in journalism in 2019. Emma has previously worked as a reporter in Kampala, Uganda and Ketchikan, Alaska.