This real-time blog will be updated daily with the latest information made public on COVID-19's impact across the Hoosier state.
Saturday, September 12
The Indiana State Department of Health on Saturday reported 1,076 new cases of COVID-19 among Hoosiers. The total number of Indiana residents testing positive during the pandemic is 104,561 based on cases confirmed and reported to the state.
Indiana has recorded 3,213 deaths from the virus, including 17 new fatal cases that were recorded between Sept. 2 and Friday. Another 224 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test was recorded.
Today’s results include 20,517 tests for 11,552 individuals from a testing facility that recently began reporting results electronically, according to ISDH.
Friday, September 11
The Indiana State Department of Health reports 1,282 new COVID-19 cases for a total of 103,505.
The state also reported 10 more deaths for a total of 3,196.
Thursday, September 10
The state is reporting 764 more cases of COVID-19, and 13 more deaths. That is a total of 102,243 positive cases and 3,186 deaths.
Total hospitalizations jumped over the last day. There were 833 Hoosiers in hospitals for COVID-19 Wednesday. That's compared to 763 Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 9
Gov. Eric Holcomb and state leaders provided an update on the state's response to COVID-19.
The state has looked at 95,654 Hoosiers that have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those, 11,467 needed to be hospitalized. The state reports 8,688 have been discharged from the hospital. Around 6 percent are still likely hospitalized and 18 percent of hospitalized patients are known to have died.
Of the 95,654 Hoosiers looked at with COVID-19, 77,939 (82 percent) have recovered.
With funding from the CARES Act and the CDC, local health departments are opening 95 testing sites across the state by Oct. 1. The state reports 76 counties are participating and 35 sites are opening this week. Funding will provide for the testing sites for the next two years.
The Indiana State Department of Health has received a letter from CDC Director Robert Redfield on preparing for a vaccine as early as November.
The state said it continues to communicate with the CDC on planning to administer those vaccinations. The state said there will be phases of vaccinations and an estimated 10 to 15 million doses of the vaccine would be available nationwide to begin with.
Indiana would receive a portion of those vaccines and a team of experts is working to ethically and medically look at who should receive the vaccine first.
The state would partner with health institutes to help with distribution of the vaccine. A plan for how the state will act will be finished in the coming weeks and submitted to the CDC.
The state is reporting 720 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 17 more deaths from the virus. That brings Indiana to a total of 101,485 cases and 3,173 deaths since the pandemic began.
The positivity rate of all tests from Aug. 27 to Sept. 2 was 5.1 percent, lower than the overall rate of 6.6% since the beginning of the pandemic. The positivity rate for unique individuals for that seven-day period is slightly higher — 7.2 percent — but still lower than rate since the pandemic began — 8.8 percent.
Total hospitalizations dropped over the last day. There were 763 Hoosiers in hospitals for COVID-19 Tuesday. That's compared to 839 Monday.
Tuesday, September 8
The state is reporting 394 more cases of COVID-19 and 12 additional deaths. In all, Indiana has seen 100,780 positive cases and 3,156 deaths due to the virus since the pandemic began.
Also, Indiana University is now reporting 33 of the 40 Greek houses are under quarantine. Last week IU recommended all Greek housing close. In some of the cases, the positivity rate in the homes is reaching 60, 70 even nearly 90 percent.
IU reports 2,600 students live in Greek housing of the 40,000-plus students on campus. The university said it is not seeing the same surge of cases in the dorms.
The Indiana University Interfraternity Council released a statement to 13News calling the university's stance on Greek housing "irrational and dangerous."
Monday, September 7
The Indiana State Department of Health reports 596 new COVID-19 cases bringing the state total to 100,394.
Indiana also recorded four more deaths for a total of 3,144.