Monroe County's COVID cases up 61.9%; Indiana cases plummet 12.7%
Indiana reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding 12,195 new cases. That's down 12.7% from the previous week's tally of 13,962 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Indiana ranked 18th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 17.1% from the week before, with 543,317 cases reported. With 2.02% of the country's population, Indiana had 2.24% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 16 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
The Labor Day holiday may have altered how many people can get tested and when, and when governments report testing results and deaths. This will skew week-to-week comparisons.
Monroe County reported 225 cases and one death in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 139 cases and two deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 32,141 cases and 295 deaths.
Across Indiana, cases fell in 66 counties, with the best declines in Jefferson County, with 72 cases from 392 a week earlier; in Marion County, with 1,163 cases from 1,392; and in Johnson County, with 251 cases from 348.
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Within Indiana, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Gibson County with 339 cases per 100,000 per week; Wayne County with 317; and Warrick County with 316. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
Adding the most new cases overall were Marion County, with 1,163 cases; Lake County, with 965 cases; and Allen County, with 830. Weekly case counts rose in 22 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Vigo, Monroe and St. Joseph counties.
In Indiana, 72 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 72 people were reported dead.
A total of 1,899,553 people in Indiana have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 24,483 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 94,748,404 people have tested positive and 1,047,498 people have died.
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Indiana's COVID-19 hospital admissions falling
USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, Sept. 4. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
Last week: 1,279
The week before that: 1,365
Four weeks ago: 1,396
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
Last week: 63,337
The week before that: 64,048
Four weeks ago: 71,125
Hospitals in 10 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 15 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 21 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.
The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Monroe County reported 225 additional COVID-19 cases this week
