COVID-19 update and COVID-19 vaccine updates from the Indiana State Department of Health:
January 21, 2021: ISDH updates COVID-19 case counts
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA (January 21, 2021) — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 3,733 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 601,937 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 9,218 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 64 from the previous day. Another 375 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, 2,867,990 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,855,991 on Wednesday. A total of 6,600,039 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26, 2020.
COVID-19 vaccination updates:
More than 362,000 Hoosiers have received their first dose of vaccine, and nearly 88,000 are fully vaccinated.
Hoosiers age 70 and older, along with healthcare workers, long-term care residents and first responders, are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. To schedule, visit https://www.coronavirus.in.gov/vaccine/ or call 2-1-1.
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 information and stats
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 webpage
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 cases in the United States
- Indiana State Department of Health’s COVID-19 information and stats
- John Hopkins’ COVID-19 Dashboard
- Latest news from Google News
- Latest local and state news
Allen County Department of Health guidance:
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