ISDH COVID-19 update – 1/8/2021

Indiana State Department of Health COVID-19 State of Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb Indianapolis Indiana

Indiana State Department of Health news release:

January 8, 2021: ISDH updates COVID-19 case counts

INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS (January 8, 2021) — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 6,199 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 552,594 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

A total of 8,521 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 69 from the previous day. Another 371 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, 2,724,389 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,694,585 on Thursday. A total of 6,005,403 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.

To find testing locations around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.

Web resources:

Allen County Department of Health guidance:

  • Home Care Isolation Guidances
  • COVID-19 Employee Illness Recomendations
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