Monroe County's COVID-19 death toll has risen for the first time since early March, according to new numbers from the Indiana Department of Health.
The one new death reported Wednesday brings the county's confirmed death toll to 167. The last death in the county occurred March 10.
IDOH also reported 1,272 newly confirmed coronavirus cases statewide and 19 more deaths from COVID-19 Wednesday. Those deaths raised Indiana’s pandemic toll to 12,902 confirmed coronavirus-related deaths.
In Monroe County, officials reported 33 new cases, bringing the county total to 11,667 cases. Area hospitalizations increased to 27.
As of Wednesday, 913 Hoosiers were hospitalized with COVID-19 across the state.
Monroe County administered 290 second doses and 1,434 first doses of the two-shot Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, plus 37 single-shot doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the last 24 hours. As of Wednesday, 32.4% of Monroe County's population over age 16 has been fully vaccinated and 46.4% has received at least one shot.
In total, 41,548 people have received full doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Monroe County.
Across the state, IDOH reports 33,641 more people have become fully vaccinated, with nearly 1.8 million Hoosiers now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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