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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowNew reported cases of coronavirus declined for the third consecutive day Monday – the first such trend line since the state began tracking cases in late February. The latest figures reinforced projections that the state may have reached the peak of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
With a stay-at-home order issued by Gov. Eric Holcomb in place for at least another week, though, the 331 new cases and seven new deaths reported Monday by the Indiana Department of Health were the lowest daily tolls since late March, about a week before Holcomb’s order was issued.
The positive signs come after state officials combing through data predicted Friday that the peak of COVID-19 cases and deaths likely would come between mid-April and mid-May. But updated guidance from federal officials predicted the state likely has reached its peak for hospitalizations and that Indiana will see a total of 606 deaths from COVID-19 by early August, down nearly two-thirds from an original projection of 1,681 deaths.
As of Monday, at least 8,236 people in the Hoosier State have tested positive for COVID-19, and 350 have died. The Health Department reported 2,089 new tests as of Monday, bringing the total of reported tests statewide to 44,539. Every county in Indiana now has at least one confirmed case.
Marion County and the metro Indianapolis area continue to be the state’s hotspot, accounting for about 58.5% of all reported Indiana coronavirus cases. In Marion County, 3,012 cases have been reported, followed by Hamilton (490), Hendricks (330), Johnson (327), Madison (261), Hancock (118), Boone (109), Morgan (103) and Shelby (75).
Elsewhere, counties with at least 75 reported cases are: Lake (796), St. Joseph (194), Allen (156), Decatur (129), Porter (120), Clark (117), Bartholomew (110), Floyd (108), Elkhart (89) and Ripley (86).
The Indianapolis metro area also accounts for about 61 percent of all coronavirus deaths, according to DOH stats. Counties with the most COVID-19 deaths are Marion (123), Lake (26), Hamilton (24), Johnson (20), Madison (15), Allen (11), Decatur (10) and Hendricks (10).
The Indiana Department of Health is providing daily updates online, which have been enhanced with additional statistics regarding breakdowns of cases by race. The Health Department reported Friday that African Americans proportionally were more than twice as likely to test positive.
Data reported Monday show African Americans represent 17.6 percent of all cases in which race is reported while accounting for just 8.9 percent of the state’s population.
Additionally, the state is now reporting the status of available health care resources to treat the most critical COVID-19 patients. As of Monday, 56 percent of the state’s 2,960 intensive care unit beds were in use, but less than half of those were for coronavirus patients. Nearly three-quarters of the 2,872 ventilators remained available. According to the state data, an estimated 460 COVID-19 patients were reported to be on ventilators as of Monday.
As of Monday morning, 557,663 cases had been reported in the United States, with 22,116 deaths, according to a running tally maintained by health researchers at Johns Hopkins University & Medicine. More than 41,870 people have recovered.
More than 1.86 million cases have been reported globally, with 115,225 deaths. More than 440,900 people have recovered.
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