County COVID Cases At 564 With 4 DeathsBetween noon Monday and noon Wednesday, the Kosciusko County Health Department received nine new COVID-19 cases.
A handful of cases were identified to be residents of other counties, according to Wednesday’s news release from KCHD.
This gives Kosciusko County a total of 564 positive cases including four deaths since the first case was reported in March. Of these 560 cases not deaths, 203 are active cases, nine are hospitalized active cases and 348 are recovered.
By age, 30 of the 564 cases are 80 to 99 years old; 23 are 70 to 79; 66 are 60 to 69; 94 are 50 to 59; 94 are 40 to 49; 70 are 30 to 39; 123 are 20 to 29; and 64 are birth to 19 years old.
By race, 60.6% of the cases in Kosciusko County are white; 37.6% are Hispanic; 0.4% are African American and 0.4% are “other.”
The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) on Wednesday announced that 455 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 49,063 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
Intensive care unit and ventilator capacity remain steady. As of Wednesday, nearly 39% of ICU beds and 84% of ventilators are available, according to the daily ISDH news release.
A total of 2,539 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 15 over the previous day. Another 193 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.
As of Wednesday, 535,857 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 530,075 on Tuesday.
To find testing locations around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
Through CARES Act funds, the city and county are offering COVID-19 testing at the three MedStat locations – Nappanee, Syracuse and Warsaw. Register online at www.medstatonline.com.
