Kosciusko County COVID-19 Positive Count Up 59 To 1,277
Kosciusko County COVID-19 Positive Count Up 59 To 1,277
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
Kosciusko County COVID-19 Positive Count Up 59 To 1,277 Between noon Thursday and noon Tuesday, the Kosciusko County Health Department received a total of 59 new molecular and antigen cases.
This gives the county a cumulative total of 1,277 positive antigen and molecular cases, including 17 deaths, according to information provided by the KCHD on Tuesday.
The highest number of cases in a week was 97 in week 30, followed by 94 in week 27 and 91 in week 24. There were 56 cases in week 38.
The Indiana Department of Health on Tuesday announced that 761 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at the state laboratory, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 119,066 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 3,385 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 20 from the previous day. Another 227 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.
As of Tuesday, 1,371,355 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 1,366,294 on Monday, according to the information from the ISDH. A total of 2,042,146 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
To find testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
