State sets new single-day record for COVID-19 cases

Statewide — The State has reached another record high for single-day positive COVID-19 cases.

The Indiana State Department of Health has reported that 3,649 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 on Thursday. A total of 172,730 Indiana residents have tested positive for the coronavirus. To date, 1,671,093 individual tests have been reported to ISDH at a 10.3% positive rate and 33 new deaths were reported for a total of 4,024 Hoosiers have died across the state.

Dearborn County has a total of 1,097 cases and 28 deaths reported (up 39 new cases), Decatur County has a total of 562 positive cases and 39 deaths (up 15 new cases), Franklin County has 396 positive cases and 25 deaths (up 8 new cases), and Ripley County has 517 positive cases and 8 deaths (up 16 new cases). Locally, this is an increase of 78 new positive cases.