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Indiana reports 91 COVID-19 deaths and 6,655 new positive cases

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Posted at 12:12 PM, Dec 02, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-02 12:12:10-05

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Health reported 91 additional COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, along with 6,655 additional cases.

According to ISDH statistics, a majority of those 91 new deaths happened in the past week. Deaths are reported based on when the state receives data and occurred over multiple days.

A total of 3,441 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, a decrease since Tuesday.

There have been 350,970 positive cases and 5,688 deaths in Indiana since the pandemic began. An additional 285 probable COVID-19 deaths have also been reported.

The state health department said probable deaths are those a physician listed COVID-19 as a contributing cause based on X-rays, scans and other clinical symptoms but for which no positive test is on record.

Over the previous five days, the state reported 5,518 new cases on Tuesday, 5,713 on Monday, 4,335 on Sunday, 4,535 on Saturday and 5,700 on Friday.

Marion County continues to lead the state with 47,763 cases and 893 deaths reported. Other counties that have seen the largest number of deaths from COVID-19 include Lake County with 480, Allen County with 333, St. Joseph County with 243, Elkhart County with 245, Hamilton County with 181, Johnson County with 177 and Hendricks County with 163.

There have been more than 4.3 million COVID-19 tests administered to more than 2.2 million individuals with a 15.7% cumulative positivity rate among unique individuals. Indiana's seven-day positivity rate among unique individuals through Nov. 25 is 22.2%. Among all tests, the cumulative positivity rate is 7.4%, while the seven-day positivity rate is 11%.

The state health department said 20.2% of ICU beds and 69.2% of ventilators are available.


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