County recording fewer cases, deaths

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.

The county’s death toll remained at 104 Tuesday.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 & Medicine. More than 379,157 people have recovered.

More than 5.53 million cases have been reported globally, with 347,085 deaths. More than 2.25 million people have recovered.