County recording fewer cases, deaths

<p>The Indiana State Department of Health also reported six more laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases between Sunday and Tuesday, bringing to 1,080 the number of cases in Johnson County.</p><p>The county’s death toll remained at 104 Tuesday.</p><p>The state health department said the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the state has risen to 32,078, following the emergence of 363 more cases.</p><p>The state reported 339 new cases on Monday, 475 on Sunday, 492 on Saturday, 473 new cases on Friday, 662 on Thursday, and 569 on Wednesday.</p><p>The department said Tuesday that the cumulative death toll in the state rose to 1,850, up from 1,832 the previous day—an increase of 18.</p><p>More than 91% of the total deaths involve those who are age 60 or older. More than 75% of those who have died are older than 70. Only 3.1% of the deaths have involved someone younger than 50.</p><p>According to the report, 876 deaths—or 47.8% of the state’s total—involved long-term care patients, as of May 25. More than 142 facilities have experienced at least one COVID-19 death.</p><p>The state said 230,749 people have been tested so far, up from 226,251 in Monday’s report—an increase of 4,498. The state said 13.9% of those tested so far have been positive for COVID-19.</p><p>As of Tuesday morning, more than 1.66 million cases had been reported in the United States, with 98,811 deaths, according to a running tally maintained by health researchers at Johns Hopkins University &amp;amp; Medicine. More than 379,157 people have recovered.</p><p>More than 5.53 million cases have been reported globally, with 347,085 deaths. More than 2.25 million people have recovered.</p>