COVID-19 update and COVID-19 vaccine updates from the Indiana State Department of Health:
February 17, 2021: ISDH updates COVID-19 case counts
Indianapolis, Indiana (February 17, 2021) — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 933 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 651,453 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 11,825 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 20 from the previous day. Another 425 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.
To date, 3,062,008 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 3,057,498 on Tuesday. A total of 7,624,956 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26, 2020.
To find testing locations around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
COVID-19 vaccinations update:
As of today, 834,478 Hoosiers have received a first dose of vaccine and 356,204 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.
Additional locations and appointments are being added as more vaccine becomes available.
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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