Staff Reports
COVID-19 has taken the life of another Greenwood resident, local officials said Wednesday.
The Johnson County Health Department reported the death of an 84-year-old, bringing the county’s death toll to 40.
The county health department also reported five more laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing to 456 the number of cases in Johnson County.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Wednesday said the number of positive cases for COVID-19 in the state has risen to 12,438, following the emergence of 341 more cases.
The daily count is the lowest since 291 new cases were reported on April 14. However, the department cautioned in a tweet later Wednesday that “new cases/tests reported today are lower than expected due to a technology issue and should not be interpreted as a decline in new infections.” The department reported a similar issue on Tuesday.
New reported cases were down from 411 on Tuesday, 476 on Monday, 569 on Sunday, 487 on Saturday and 613 on Friday.
The state said Wednesday that the cumulative death toll in the state rose to 661, up from 630 the previous day—an increase of 31.
The department said this week that death numbers would begin to increase because it was now reporting presumptive positive deaths in its totals. Presumptive positive deaths are not necessarily verified by tests, but includes deaths in which a doctor listed COVID-19 as an underlying cause.
New positive cases, deaths and tests have occurred over a range of dates but were reported to the department in the previous day.
The department reported the state’s first case on March 6.
The state reported that 69,470 people have been tested so far, up from 67,264 in Tuesday’s report—an increase of 2,206 tests.
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 4,263 cumulative cases—up from 4,176 the previous day, an increase of 87 cases.
The state reported 214 cumulative deaths in the city, up from 206 in Tuesday’s report. The state said 19,636 people have been tested.
As for surrounding counties, Hamilton had 624 positive cases; Hendricks 518; Boone 166; Hancock 151; Madison 351; Morgan 124; and Shelby 125.
Every Indiana county has at least one case.
The department said 46.3% of the state’s intensive care unit beds were still available. About 21% are being used by COVID-19 patients.
The department also said 76.9% of the state’s ventilators were available.
Health officials say Indiana has far more coronavirus cases—possibly thousands more—than those indicated by the number of tests.
As of Wednesday morning, 826,248 cases had been reported in the United States, with 45,153 deaths, according to a running tally maintained by health researchers at Johns Hopkins University & Medicine. More than 75,600 people have recovered.
Nearly 2.6 million cases have been reported globally, with 179,778 deaths. More than 696,900 people have recovered.
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Here is a look at the latest numbers available:
Johnson County
COVID-19 deaths: 40
COVID-19 cases: 456
COVID-19 tests: 2,509
Indiana
COVID-19 deaths: 661
COVID-19 cases: 12,438
COVID-19 tests: 69,470
U.S.
COVID-19 deaths: 45,153
COVID-19 cases: 826,248
COVID-19 recoveries: 75,600
World
COVID-19 deaths: 179,778
COVID-19 cases: 2.6M
COVID-19 recoveries: 696,900
Sources: Johnson County Health Department, Indiana State Department of Health and Johns Hopkins University and Medicine
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