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Indiana tops 20,000 COVID-19 deaths, Monroe Co. reports 56 new cases

The state confirmed 5,965 new  COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing its total since the pandemic began to 1,560,117.

As of Monday, 20,033 Hoosiers have died from COVID-19, and 3,137 patients are hospitalized across the state.

The state’s seven-day positivity rate is now 30.3 percent, down slightly from 30.4 percent Friday.

Monroe County

Monroe County also reported 56 new cases Monday, bringing its total to 24,100. No new deaths were reported

In District 8, which includes Monroe, Brown, and Bartholomew counties, hospitalizations are at 164 COVID-19 patients. This is down from the district record of 171 set Friday. About 45 percent of ICU beds are occupied by COVID-19 patients and 11 percent are still available. 

The county’s positivity rate rose to 22.5 percent, up from 21.3 percent Friday.

Monroe County remains is in the red advisory level on the state dashboard with 1,457 cases per 100,000 people. The state updates these statistics every Wednesday.   

Walk-up COVID-19 test sites:

IDOH/Gravity test site at 171 N Curry Pike (Cook Medical property) 

  • Open Tuesday-Saturday, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  • Drive-thru PCR testing
  • This site is outside and sometimes closes for weather. For daily updates, check here.

IDOH/Sherwood Oaks Christian Church mobile clinic at 2700 E Rogers Road

  • Open Jan. 26-29, noon- 8 p.m.
  • PCR and rapid antigen testing (as well as Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and boosters)

IDOH/IU mobile clinic at 555 N Indiana Avenue

  • Open Feb. 2-5, noon- 8 p.m.
  • PCR and rapid antigen testing (as well as Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and boosters)

Holden Abshier is a multimedia reporter for WTIU/WFIU News. He focuses on local government and the City of Bloomington in his work for City Limits and anchors daily WTIU Newsbreaks. Holden is from Evansville, Indiana and graduated from Indiana University with a specialization in broadcast journalism.