Indiana reports 6,906 new COVID cases, 6 deaths in previous week
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – New COVID-19 data has been released by the Indiana Department of Health.
The state’s tallies — shown in the timeframes of previous week, previous month, previous year, and “All Time” — are being updated only on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays.
- NOTE: The state will not update its coronavirus statistics on Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday.
The department says 6,906 Hoosiers tested positive for COVID-19 in the previous week.
Also in the previous week, a total of six Hoosiers died, and no probable deaths were reported.
Since February 2020, 1,727,818 Hoosiers have tested positive and 23,692 Hoosiers have died from COVID-19, according to the Indiana page of John Hopkins University of Medicine. A total of 19,905,694 tests have been administered since Feb. 26, 2020.
The state says 358 Hoosiers were hospitalized Thursday with COVID-19.
IDOH says 9,714,302 doses have been given in Indiana, and 3,778,621 Hoosiers are fully vaccinated. That’s about 58% of the population 5 and older.
According to the Regenstrief Institute, 1,578,908 Hoosiers are estimated to have recovered from the virus.
According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, there have been more than 528,270,000 confirmed cases worldwide, with more than 6,286,000 deaths.
More information, including interactive graphs, can be found here.