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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana State Department of Health on Tuesday morning said the number of presumptive positive cases for COVID-19 in the state has risen to 2,159 after the emergence of 373 more cases. Fourteen more people died from coronavirus, bringing the Indiana death toll to 49.
The department reported that 13,373 people have been tested so far, up from 11,658 in Monday’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.
Marion County reported 964 cases — up 160 cases from the previous day — with 17 deaths. Deaths also have been reported in these counties: deaths have been reported in Allen (1), Dearborn (1), Decatur (1), Delaware (1), Elkhart (1), Fayette (1), Franklin (4), Hancock (2), Hendricks (1), Howard (1), Jasper (1), Johnson (3), Lake (5), Madison (1), Marion (12), Morgan (1), Putnam (1), Ripley (1), St. Joseph (1), Scott (1), Tippecanoe (1), Vigo (1) and Warren (1) counties.
Every county in the Indianapolis area has at least a dozen cases each: Hamilton (127), Johnson (101), Hendricks (70), Boone (22), Hancock (26), Madison (38), Morgan (32) and Shelby (15).
More than 80 of Indiana’s 92 counties have reported cases. Outside central Indiana, counties with 15 or more cases include Lake (146), St. Joseph (49), Decatur (47), Madison (38), Franklin (35), Clark (33), Allen (30), Monroe (30), Ripley (31), Floyd (21), Porter (21), Elkhart (20), Delaware (18), Vanderbugh (18), Howard (16), Harrison (15) and Jennings (15).
Health officials say Indiana has far more coronavirus cases — likely thousands more — than those indicated by the number of tests.
Health officials say Indiana has far more coronavirus cases—possibly thousands more—than those indicated by the number of tests.
As of Tuesday morning, 164,719 cases had been reported in the United States, with 3,170 deaths, according to a running tally maintained by health researchers at Johns Hopkins University & Medicine.
More than 803,300 cases have been reported globally, with 39,014 deaths. More than 172,650 people have recovered.
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