KCHD Reports 21 New COVID-19 CasesKosciusko County Health Department has received a total of 21 new molecular and antigen COVID-19 cases between noon Thursday and noon Tuesday.
This gives the county a cumulative total of 1,036 positive antigen and molecular cases and 16 deaths, according to a new briefing Tuesday from the KCHD.
The county only had five cases in March, but then 31 in April, 106 in May, 348 in June, 324 (one antigen, 323 molecular) in July and 222 (114 antigen, 108 molecular) in August.
Of the 1,036 cases, 885 are recovered, two are hospitalized active cases, 133 are total active cases and 16 are deceased, according to the information Tuesday from the KCHD.
The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) on Tuesday announced that 721 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at the state laboratory, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 94,891 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 3,093 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 16 from the previous day. Another 219 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 the state and occurred over multiple days.
To date, 1,083,765 tests for unique individuals have been reported to the ISDH, up from 1,076,947 on Monday.
To find testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
