Nearly one-third of Indiana residents ages 16 and older have now been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, state health officials said Monday.
The Indiana Department of Health said that about 1.74 million Hoosiers — or 32% of Indiana’s roughly 5.3 million residents ages 16 and older — have been fully vaccinated, while 2.29 million first doses of vaccine have been administered statewide.
In total, 38,447 people have received full doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Monroe County.
Monroe County administered 524 second doses and 206 first doses of the two-shot Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, plus 34 single-shot doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the last 24 hours. As of Monday, 30% of Monroe County's population over age 16 have been fully vaccinated and 45.5% have received at least one shot.
Indiana officials made all state residents age 16 and older eligible for COVID-19 vaccines on March 31.
The state health department also reported 702 newly confirmed coronavirus cases Monday and five more Indiana deaths from COVID-19. Those deaths raised Indiana’s pandemic toll to 13,280 confirmed or presumed coronavirus-related deaths.
In Monroe County, officials reported 10 new cases and no new deaths. County totals are now 11,615 cases and 166 deaths. Area hospitalizations decreased to 25.
Indiana’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are continuing to see general slow increases after reaching recent lows below 600 for several days in mid-March, according to the state’s coronavirus dashboard.
As of Sunday, 893 Hoosiers were hospitalized with COVID-19. That’s down slightly from the 909 hospitalizations reported on April 11, but represents an increase over roughly the past two weeks.
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