630 new Indiana #coronavirus cases. Excluding Monday reports, which are typically lower because they reflect Sunday reporting, that's the fewest since July 12, but also the fewest tests since that date. 8.4% positivity rate, making 23 straight days at 7.4% or higher.
.@CDCgov considers positivity rates over 5% to be the "yellow zone"(Indiana's been there since June 29) and 10% to be the dangerous "red zone" (Indiana's reached that level just once since the April-May peak). The trend has caught this guy's notice: cnb.cx/3jQC8x0
8 new Indiana #coronavirus deaths bring the death toll to 2,733. Counting presumptive #COVID19 deaths, the total death toll is 2,932.
After a sharp spike yesterday in the number of Hoosiers hospitalized with #coronavirus, the count has plunged to 837, back to about where it was the two days before that. 278 of those are in intensive care, the fewest in eight days.
Lake County, one of 10 listed by @CDCgov as red zone counties based on numbers last week, reports just 26 new cases, the fewest there since June 30, with a 6.7% positivity rate.
H/T @snevetseel: St Joseph County Health Department just released guidance to school districts there, with a stricter definition of "red zone" at 7.5%, at which level they "strongly recommend" #elearning or "severely limited" in-person instruction. St Joe was at 10.2% today.
.@sjchealth also sets a "red zone" for schools at 1 case per 10,000 people (rolling 7-day average), which is 28 cases a day. That hasn't been the case since July 10; they've had just 2 single days that low in that span. The 7-day average right now is 39.
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Halls outside the Senate chamber where #abortion hearing is taking place are jammed with protesters. Chanting is audible in chamber.
Sen. Sue Glick (R-LaGrange) predicts amendments and discussion of possible criminal penalties. Abortion opponents have objected to the lack of enforcement provisions.
Testimony has begun. First witness is a woman raped twice as a teenager, urging legislators not to minimize the trauma accompanying sexual assault.
Nearly all of the 40 #INLegis Democrats are meeting with @VP at the Indiana State Library to discuss the #abortion bill. First Senate hearing is this afternoon.
.@VP Harris: #INLegis “on the front lines of one of the most critical issues in America today.”
Harris: Dobbs ruling “has already created a health care crisis in America….We are seeing many states attempting to criminalize heath care providers.”
2,839 new Indiana #coronavirus cases, with 9.4% of today's batch of tests positive. The 7-day positivity rate, which runs a week behind, continues a two-week plunge to 18.3%, still in @StateHealthIN's high-risk zone but lowest since Jan 3. Cases are down 60% from last week.
108 newly reported Indiana #coronavirus deaths, half from the last week but with five dating back to 2021. The death toll rises to 21,299. IDH has also identified one more presumptive #COVID19 death, for a total toll of 22,137.
Indiana #COVID19 hospitalizations drop below 2,000 for the first time since Nov 27 (and lowest since two days before that), at 1,932, down 104 from yesterday. Of those, 392 are in intensive care, 25 fewer than yesterday and fewest since Nov 21. The state has 300 open ICU beds.
All 92 counties are now rated red (high risk) on @StateHealthIN's weekly risk score.
16,502 new Indiana #coronavirus cases, 2nd-highest total ever, but 3rd week-over-week drop in 5 days.
24.3% of today's batch of tests were positive. The 7-day positivity rate, which runs a week behind, holds steady at a record 30%. It's the 1st time since Dec 26 it hasn't risen.
118 newly reported Indiana #COVID19 deaths, all but 13 in the last five days (but with one late report from 2021), push the death toll to 19,761. IDH has retracted three presumptive #COVID deaths, for a total toll of 20,500.
Debate begins in Indiana House on final vote on bill limiting employer #vaccinemandates.
House Majority Leader Matt Lehman: "This bill is not about the vaccine itself; it's about the people affected" by mandates. #INLegis
Lehman points to nurses who testified they fear getting fired for being unvaxed, after working for 9 months of pandemic before #vaccine became available.
Last week's #SCOTUS ruling means those nurses aren't affected by this bill; they're still required to get vaxed or get fired.
710 Hoosiers are in ICU with #COVID19, one fewer than yesterday and the fourth straight drop, but a jump in non-#COVID patients drops the number of open Indiana ICU beds to 218. Overall, 3,460 Hoosiers are hospitalized with COVID, 97 more than yesterday after a three-day decline.
12,126 new Indiana #coronavirus cases, with 25% of today's batch of tests coming back positive. The 7-day positivity rate, which runs a week behind, sets a 15th straight record at 30%.
77 newly reported Indiana #coronavirus deaths, all in the last week; this is the first @StateHealthIN report with no belated reports from 2021 (though there could be more later). The 2-year death toll rises to 19,643; counting presumptive #COVID19 deaths, the total is 20,385.