Staff Reports
Local health officials on Wednesday said three more Johnson County residents have died from coronavirus-related illnesses. The county’s death toll is 25.
The county health department also reported 10 more laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing to 351 the number of cases in Johnson County, said Betsy Swearingen, director of the Johnson County Health Department.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Wednesday said the number of presumptive positive cases for COVID-19 in the state has risen to 8,955 after the emergence of 428 more cases.
The department reported the state’s first case on March 6.
The state said Wednesday that the death toll in the state rose to 436, up from 387 the previous day, an increase of 49.
The numbers were higher than Tuesday’s figures, when 291 new cases and 37 more deaths were reported.
Deaths and positive cases are not always reported immediately, which means the numbers can move inconsistently day to day.
The state reported that 48,396 people have been tested so far, up from 46,017 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.
Indianapolis reported 3,204 cases—up from 3,063 the previous day, an increase of 141 cases. The state reported 155 cumulative deaths in the city, up from 141 on Monday. The state said 15,933 people have been tested.
As for surrounding counties, Hamilton had 510 positive cases; Hendricks 360; Boone 129; Hancock 129; Madison 273; Morgan 105, and Shelby 79.
Every Indiana county has at least one case.
Health officials say Indiana has far more coronavirus cases—possibly thousands more—than those indicated by the number of tests.
As of Wednesday morning, 609,995 cases had been reported in the United States, with 24,429 deaths, according to a running tally maintained by health researchers at Johns Hopkins University & Medicine. More than 50,000 people have recovered.
More than 2 million cases have been reported globally, with 132,276 deaths. More than 507,000 people have recovered.
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Here is a look at the latest numbers available:
Johnson County
COVID-19 deaths: 25
COVID-19 cases: 351
COVID-19 tests: 1,895
Otterbein deaths: 8
Otterbein cases: 45
Otterbein tests: 143
Indiana
COVID-19 deaths: 436
COVID-19 cases: 8,955
COVID-19 tests: 48,396
U.S.
COVID-19 deaths: 24,429
COVID-19 cases: 609,995
COVID-19 recoveries: 50,000
World
COVID-19 deaths: 132,276
COVID-19 cases: 2M
COVID-19 recoveries: 507,330
Sources: Johnson County Health Department, Indiana State Department of Health and Johns Hopkins University and Medicine
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