INDIANAPOLIS — This is blog contains daily updates on COVID-19 information for Indiana. The Indiana State Department of Health gives daily updates at noon, while Gov. Eric Holcomb and other state officials provide more context every Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 8
Indiana is reporting 4,689 new cases of COVID-19 today. Total positive cases now number 210,374 since the pandemic began.
The 36 newly-reported deaths that occurred between Oct. 30 and Saturday bring the number of Hoosiers who died after testing positive for the virus to 4,383.
Since late February, 1,809,940 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 1,794,398 reported on Saturday. A total of 3,210,666 tests, including repeat tests for the same people, have been reported to the state Department of Health.
Indiana hospitals are reporting only 6 percent of the state's available ventilators are currently assigned to COVID-19 patients. Thirty percent of the state's available ICU beds are available, with COVID-19 patients currently using 24 percent of Indiana's bed capacity.
Saturday, November 7
For the first time, Indiana's daily COVID-19 case report topped 5,000 Saturday. It was the fourth straight record day of new cases.
The Indiana State Department of Health reported 43 additional deaths between Oct. 25 and Friday, bringing the state's total to 4,348 since March.
Indiana's seven-day positivity rate among unique individuals through Oct. 31 has spiked to 17.5 percent. The cumulative rate now stands at 11.5 percent after more than 50,000 new test results were reported.
Friday, November 6
Indiana has surpassed 200,000 cases of COVID-19 after another record-setting day of new cases reported. ISDH reported 4,714 new cases Friday, breaking Thursday's record of 4,462. There were 37 additional deaths reported.
In total, Indiana has recorded 200,823 positive cases and 4,306 deaths. Another 241 deaths were likely due to COVID-19, but patients did not have a positive test result on record.
Thursday, November 5
The Indiana State Department of Health reported 4,462 new COVID-19 cases and 45 additional deaths Thursday.
The 7-day positivity rate continues to increase, moving up to 8.8%. Indiana now has 4,269 deaths and nearly 200,000 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.
Statewide ICU bed usage has continued to increase, with around 28.5% of ICU beds available as of Wednesday. The percentage of beds used by COVID-19 patients has been at around 26%.
Wednesday, November 4
State health officials are reporting 3,756 new COVID-19 cases in Indiana with 25 additional deaths.
Indiana's unique 7-day positivity rate has increased to 8.7%, with more than 3 million tests administered statewide.
In total, the Indiana State Department of Health has reported 191,764 positive cases and 4,224 Hoosiers have died.
Governor Holcomb began today's briefing by stating that rumors that Indiana would shut down and schools would go 100 percent virtual are false.
Dr. Box made the point that hospitals and health care providers are facing burnout as we see a COVID-19 positivity rate of 8.7 percent for the past week and hospitalizations are at the highest level since the start of the pandemic.
The National Guard is expected in all long term facilities by the end of the month.
Dr. Box also stated that the state doesn't when we will receive a vaccine. The health department was originally told it would be mid or late November, but they're unsure if that timeline will hold.
Tuesday, November 3
The Indiana State Department of Health is reporting 2,951 new cases and 50 more deaths from COVID-19. That brings the total numbers to 188,066 positive cases and 4,199 deaths.
So far, more than 1.7 million Hoosiers have been tested for the virus.
There are an additional 240 deaths presumed to be caused by the virus. These are deaths doctors believe COVID-19 contributed to, but the patients had no positive test result on file.
Monday, November 2
The Indiana State Department of Health is reporting 3,080 new positive cases and 26 more deaths from COVID-19. There have been a total of 185,185 cases and 4,150 deaths across the state since the start of the outbreak.
Monday's reported deaths date back to Oct. 15. An additional 240 deaths are presumed to be due to the virus, but patients did not have a positive COVID-19 test result on file.
The seven-day positivity rate between Oct. 20 and Oct. 26 is 8.2 percent for all tests and 15.9 percent for unique individuals. The seven-day average positivity rate continues to trend upward.
Hospitalizations are also high. On Sunday, there were 1,759 Hoosiers being treated in hospitals for COVID-19 — the highest number since April 13, when there were 1,799 Hoosiers in hospitals receiving treatment for the virus.
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