ISDH: 1,044 new positive tests, 17 more deaths recorded
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana State Department of Health has issued new numbers on COVID-19 in our state.
ISDH says 1,044 new positive tests have been recorded. The cases occurred between August 29 and September 3
A total of 17 more deaths have been recorded. The deaths occurred between August 6 and September 3.
State officials say 22,832 more tests have been received. The tests were administered between July 14 and September 3. Of those, 14,503 were of new individuals who hadn’t been previously tested.
A total of 1,497,703 tests have been recorded to 1,117,427 unique individuals. A total of 97,884 positive tests have been recorded, resulting in 3,127 deaths.
Another 223 “probable” deaths have occurred, but the state does not have a positive test on record for those.
The state’s 7-day rate of positivity for unique individuals stands at 7.4%.
According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, there have been more than 26,347,000 confirmed cases worldwide, with more than 17,560,000 recoveries and more than 869,000 deaths.
ISDH has been providing daily updates here.
