No New Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In K.C.For a second day in a row, the Kosciusko County Health Department reported it received no new cases as of noon Thursday.
On Tuesday, the number of cases increased from 38 to 39, but has remained there since.
Kosciusko County has a total of 39 positive cases and one death, with at least 20 cases that have recovered. The number of recoveries hasn’t changed since Sunday.
The KCHD asks that people remain mindful of sanitizing and disinfecting as businesses begin to reopen.
The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) on Thursday announced that 650 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 22,503 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
While the number of cases has increased, intensive care unit and ventilator capacity remain steady. As of Wednesday, 42% of ICU beds and about 80% of ventilators were available at hospitals throughout the state.
A total of 1,295 Hoosiers have been confirmed to have died of COVID-19, an increase of 31 over the previous day. Another 119 probable deaths have been reported. Probable deaths are those for which a physician listed COVID-19 as a contributing cause based on X-rays, scans and other clinical symptoms but for which no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.
To date, 124,782 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 120,496 on Wednesday.
To increase testing, 20 sites around the state are now open through a partnership with OptumServe. Individuals can register online at https://lhi.care/covidtesting or by calling 888-634-1116. Clinics run Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and an additional 30 testing sites will be announced by next week.
ISDH also is offering drive-thru testing clinics in East Chicago, Plymouth, New Castle, Seymour and Lafayette this week. All sites are listed on the COVID-19 testing link at www.coronavirus.in.gov/.
