Indiana reports 1,041 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths

The state of Indiana on Sunday reported 1,041 new COVID-19 cases and seven additional deaths in which the virus was a contributing factor.

The report brings the state’s total confirmed infections to 708,067 since the start of the pandemic after corrections were made to Saturday’s dashboard, according to a news release from the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH).

More than 12,800 Hoosiers have died from the virus since it was first reported in the state.

Indiana’s seven-day positivity rate, which is a measure of the proportion of tests returning positive, was at 5.2% on Sunday, according to the state’s COVID-19 dashboard. As of Sunday, 3,334,030 tests have been reported to ISDH.  More than 200 locations are available across the state.

Floyd County, which currently has a seven-day positivity rate of 5%, reported five new cases of the virus on Sunday. That brings the county to 7,560 total cases and 176 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

To date, 2,160,842 Indiana residents have received at least the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 1,567,159 have been fully vaccinated, according to the state health department.

The Indiana Department of Health is setting up mobile vaccination clinics across the state, including at the Bedford First Assembly of God in Lawrence County, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 20-22.