INDIANAPOLIS — On Friday, the Indiana Department of Health reported 108 additional COVID-19 deaths and 2,839 more positive cases.
Since the pandemic began, 21,298 COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Indiana and there have been 1,664,353 total positive cases.
A total of 838 probable COVID-19 deaths have been reported since the pandemic began.
IDOH reported 1,882 newly fully vaccinated people, bringing the total number of fully vaccinated people to 3,663,847.
An additional 30,266 COVID-19 tests have been administered, according to IDOH. A total of 18,617,574 tests for COVID-19 have been given since the pandemic began.
1,932 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized, according to data from IDOH.
20.0% of ICU beds in the state are being used for COVID-19 patients and 64.8% of the ICU beds are being used for non-COVID-19 patients, according to IDOH. 15.3% of ICU beds are available.
5.8% of ventilators are being used for COVID-19 patients and 16.9% of ventilators are being used for non-COVID-19 patients, according to IDOH. 77.3% of ventilators are available.
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