Johnson County health officials on Friday reported five more coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the county’s death toll to 72.
Three of the newly reported deaths were Greenwood residents, and one was a Franklin resident; they ranged in age from 72 to 95, said Betsy Swearingen, director of the Johnson County Health Department. Demographics for one of the newly reported deaths was not immediately available. Newly reported deaths are not necessarily new deaths.
The county health department also reported 37 more laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing to 626 the number of cases in the county.
The state health department on Friday said the number of positive cases for COVID-19 in the state has risen to 18,630, following the emergence of 795 more cases.
That’s the second highest number of new cases reported by the state in one day. The previous high was 949 on Monday, when cases surged because of a major outbreak in Cass County at a meat-processing plant.
The state reported 653 new cases on Thursday, 594 on Wednesday, 627 on Tuesday, 949 on Monday, 617 on Sunday and 715 on Saturday.
The state said Thursday that the cumulative death toll in the state rose to 1,062, up from 1,007 the previous day—an increase of 55.
About 91% of the total deaths involve those who are age 60 or older. About 73% of those who have died are older than 70.
The state reported that 99,639 people have been tested so far, up from 94,998 in Thursday’s report—an increase of 4,641 tests. That’s the highest number of new tests reported by the department in an daily report, exceeding the 4,369 tests on Wednesday.
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.
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.
Nearby Indianapolis reported 5,754 cumulative cases—up from 5,530 the previous day, an increase of 224 cases.
The state reported 339 cumulative deaths in the city, up from 328 in Monday’s report. The state said 25,926 people have been tested.
As for surrounding counties, Hamilton had 794 positive cases; Hendricks 701; Boone 189; Hancock 227; Madison 428; Morgan 156; and Shelby 213.
Every Indiana county has at least two cases.
The department said 43.1% of the state’s intensive care unit beds were still available. About 17.4% are being used by COVID-19 patients.
The department also said 80.7% of the state’s ventilators were available. About 8% were being used for COVID-19 patients.
Health officials say Indiana has far more coronavirus cases—possibly thousands more—than those indicated by the number of tests.
As of Friday morning, 1,070,032 cases had been reported in the United States, with 62,996 deaths, according to a running tally maintained by health researchers at Johns Hopkins University & Medicine.
More than 3.27 million cases have been reported globally, with 233,704 deaths. More than 1 million people have recovered.
The Indianapolis Business Journal contributed to this report.
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Here is a look at the latest numbers available:
Johnson County
COVID-19 deaths: 72
COVID-19 cases: 626
COVID-19 tests: 3,286
Indiana
COVID-19 deaths: 1,062
COVID-19 cases: 18,630
COVID-19 tests: 99,639
U.S.
COVID-19 deaths: 62,996
COVID-19 cases: 1,070,032
World
COVID-19 deaths: 233,704
COVID-19 cases: 3.27M
COVID-19 recoveries: 1M
Sources: Johnson County Health Department, Indiana State Department of Health and Johns Hopkins University and Medicine
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