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ISDH COVID-19 update – 1/28/2021

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COVID-19 update and COVID-19 vaccine updates from the Indiana State Department of Health:

January 28, 2021: ISDH updates COVID-19 case counts

Indianapolis, Indiana (January 28, 2021) — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that 2,890 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 619,995 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.

A total of 9,504 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 34 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, 2,930,353 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 2,920,127 on Wednesday. A total of 6,884,491 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26, 2020.

COVID-19 vaccinations update:

As of today, 503,116 Hoosiers have received a first dose of vaccine, and 122,254 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 guidance:

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