The Indiana State
Department of Health (ISDH) was reporting this morning 862 new COVID-19
cases, to bring total confirmed cases to 21,870, up from 21,033 on Tuesday,
an increase of 4 percent.
Those 862 new cases
are the second highest number of new cases reported over a 24-hour period
since the pandemic began. The highest number of new cases was the 963
reported on April 27.
ISDH was also
reporting 51 new deaths over the last 24 hours, to bring the total to 1,264,
up from 1,213 on Wednesday, an increase of 4.2 percent.
The number of
probable COVID-19 deaths remained unchanged from Tuesday: 113. Probable
deaths are those for which x-ray, scans, and clinical symptoms all point to
COVID-19 but for which no positive test is on record. Total confirmed and
probable COVID-19 deaths Indiana: 1,377.
Nursing home cases
and deaths to date: 2,316 cases, 420 deaths (unchanged from Tuesday). Number
of nursing home facilities in the state with at least one case of COVID-19:
173. Number with at least one death: 105.
Meanwhile, 120,496
tests have been reported to date to ISDH, up from 115,834 on Tuesday, an
increase of 4 percent over the last 24 hours, with a positive rate of 18.1
percent. Tests are being conducted by ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, and private laboratories.
Tests in Porter
County: 2,090 (2,028 on Tuesday). In Lake County: 10,498 (10,141). In
LaPorte County: 1,671 (1,582).
Porter County’s
13.4-percent positive rate compares with Lake’s (21.3 percent), LaPorte’s
(16.9), and the state's (18.2 percent).Marion County has the most reported
cases, 6,730 (6,419); and the most deaths, 390 (374). Lake County has
reported 2,233 cases (2,161) and 106 deaths (103), the second highest in the
state in both categories. LaPorte County has reported 284 and nine deaths
(268 and eight).