Staff Reports
Local health officials confirmed Wednesday that the county’s eight coronavirus-related deaths include four Otterbein Franklin residents.
At least seven of the individuals who died were over the age of 75, said Betsy Swearingen, director of the Johnson County Health Department. She did not know the age of the eighth individual who died Tuesday, she said.
No new deaths were reported Wednesday in Johnson County.
Local cases grew by 13, bringing to 235 the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, Swearingen said.
As of Wednesday, 1,275 Johnson County residents had been tested for the virus, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. More than 100 of those tests were residents and employees of Otterbein Franklin SeniorLife Community, where a COVID-19 outbreak has occurred, according to a recent Otterbein Franklin news release.
At least 22 residents and 17 employees have tested positive for the virus.
The state health department on Wednesday said the number of presumptive positive cases for COVID-19 in the state has risen to 5,943 after the emergence of 436 more cases.
The increase in cases was lower than the highest rise in cases reported Tuesday, when the total increased by 563. The department reported the state’s first case on March 6.
The death toll in the state rose to 203, up from 173 the previous day.
The state health department reported that 30,869 people have been tested so far, up from 28,764 in Tuesday’s report. The ISDH said the test numbers reflect only those tests reported to the department and the numbers should not be characterized as a comprehensive total.
Nearby Indianapolis reported 2,290 cases—up from 2,141 cases from the previous day—with 58 deaths. The state said 10,963 people have been tested in the city.
Counties in the Indianapolis area have reported at least 56 cases each. Only three of Indiana’s 92 counties have not reported cases: Benton, Perry and Pike.
Health officials say Indiana has far more coronavirus cases—possibly thousands more—than those indicated by the number of tests.
As of Tuesday, 399,929 cases had been reported in the United States, with 12,911 deaths, according to a running tally maintained by health researchers at Johns Hopkins University & Medicine. More than 22,539 people have recovered.
More than 1.45 million cases have been reported globally, with 83,424 deaths. More than 308,146 people have recovered.
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Here is a look at the latest numbers available:
Johnson County
COVID-19 deaths: 8
COVID-19 cases: 235
COVID-19 tests: 1,275
Otterbein deaths: 4
Otterbein cases: 39<
Otterbein tests: 104
Indiana
COVID-19 deaths: 203
COVID-19 cases: 5,943
COVID-19 tests: 30,869
U.S.
COVID-19 deaths: 12,911
COVID-19 cases: 399,929
COVID-19 recoveries: 22,539
World
COVID-19 deaths: 83,424
COVID-19 cases: 1.45M<
COVID-19 recoveries: 308,146
Sources: Johnson County Health Department, Indiana State Department of Health and Johns Hopkins University and Medicine
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