ISDH: More than 650 new COVID-19 cases; 9 more deaths

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – On Tuesday, the Indiana State Department of Health announced 652 new COVID-19 cases and nine additional deaths.

The new COVID-19 cases are from Sept. 21 while the newly reported deaths are from between Sept. 6 and Sept. 21.

In total, there are 112,626 COVID-19 cases and 3,295 deaths related to the virus in Indiana. Another 225 “probable” deaths have occurred, but the state does not have a positive test on record for those.

State officials say 16,368 new tests have now been received. Of those, 6,977 were new individuals. The new tests were administered between Feb. 29 and Sept. 21.

According to ISDH, there have been 1,898,563 tests administered in the state.

The state’s 7-day rate of positivity for unique individuals stands at 6.6%.

According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, there have been more than 31,365,000 confirmed cases worldwide, with more than 21,531,000 recoveries and more than 965,900 deaths.

ISDH has been providing daily updates here.