ISDH: More than 960 new COVID-19 cases; 20 more deaths
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Wednesday, the Indiana State Department of Health announced 965 new COVID-19 cases and 20 additional deaths.
The new COVID-19 cases and deaths are from Sept. 29 while the newly reported deaths are from Sept. 8 to Sept 29.
In total, there are 120,019 COVID-19 cases and 3,405 deaths related to the virus in Indiana. Another 227 “probable” deaths have occurred, but the state does not have a positive test on record for those.
State officials say 24,367 new tests have now been received. Of those, 8,898 were new individuals. The new tests were administered between Aug. 18 and Sept. 28.
According to ISDH, there have been 2,066,474 tests administered in the state.
The state’s 7-day rate of positivity for unique individuals stands at 7%.
According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, there have been more than 33,719,000 confirmed cases worldwide, with more than 23,439,000 recoveries and more than 1,009,000 deaths.
ISDH has been providing daily updates here.
