With 11 New COVID Cases, Kosciusko County Reaches 901 Positives Since March
With 11 New COVID Cases, Kosciusko County Reaches 901 Positives Since March
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
With 11 New COVID Cases, Kosciusko County Reaches 901 Positives Since MarchKosciusko County has passed the 900 mark for number of COVID-19 positive cases since the first one was reported in March.
Between noon Tuesday and noon Thursday, the Kosciusko County Health Department received a total of 11 new cases, giving the county 901 positive cases, including 12 deaths. There are 96 active cases out of the 901, along with five hospitalized active cases and 788 recovered.
The most cases for women are from women 19 to 29 years old with 115, followed by ages 50 to 59 at 81 cases. As for men, the most cases are from men 19 to 29 with 88 cases, followed by men 50 to 59 years old at 71 cases. Women make up 493 of the 901 cases, with men at 408.
By race, white persons are 67.6% of the cases, followed by Hispanic at 30.1% African American at 0.2% and “other” at 2.0%, according to information provided by the KCHD.
The Indiana Department of Health on Thursday announced that 955 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 83,277 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to Wednesday’s dashboard.
A total of 2,979 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 11 from Wednesday. Another 212 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 Thursday, more than 34% of ICU beds and 81% of ventilators are available across the state, the daily ISDH news release states.
Also as of Thursday, 945,471 tests for unique individuals have been reported to ISDH, up from 934,033 on Wednesday.
To find testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
