ISDH: Nearly 1,500 new COVID-19 cases; 13 more deaths
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Friday, the Indiana State Department of Health announced 1,495 new COVID-19 cases and 13 additional deaths.
The new COVID-19 cases are from Oct. 1 while the newly reported deaths are from between Sept. 26 and Oct. 1.
In total, there are 122,640 COVID-19 cases and 3,429 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 27,273 new tests have now been received. Of those, 10,972 were new individuals. The new tests were administered between Feb. 2 and Oct 1.
According to ISDH, there have been 2,114,835 tests administered in the state.
The state’s 7-day rate of positivity for unique individuals stands at 7.5%.
According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, there have been more than 34,353,000 confirmed cases worldwide, with more than 23,892,000 recoveries and more than 1,023,000 deaths.
ISDH has been providing daily updates here.