Morgan County's COVID cases up 26.2%; Indiana cases holding steady

Mike Stucka
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Marine veteran Neil Stanley of Dayville gets his second booster Covid-19 vaccination from public health nurse Janine Vose Saturday during a free Stand Down for veterans at Quinebaug Valley Community College in Dayville.
Marine veteran Neil Stanley of Dayville gets his second booster Covid-19 vaccination from public health nurse Janine Vose Saturday during a free Stand Down for veterans at Quinebaug Valley Community College in Dayville.

Indiana reported 8,473 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, from 8,643 the week before of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Indiana ranked 45th 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 0.7% from the week before, with 730,572 cases reported. With 2.02% of the country's population, Indiana had 1.16% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 15 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.

Morgan County reported 82 cases and one death in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 65 cases and one death. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 16,993 cases and 290 deaths.

Within Indiana, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Shelby County with 246 cases per 100,000 per week; Orange County with 234; and Fountain County with 226. 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 1,180 cases; Lake County, with 776 cases; and Hamilton County, with 483. Weekly case counts rose in 52 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Marion, Vanderburgh and Shelby counties.

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Across Indiana, cases fell in 40 counties, with the best declines in Clark County, with 219 cases from 313 a week earlier; in Tippecanoe County, with 237 cases from 311; and in Bartholomew County, with 79 cases from 131.

In Indiana, 28 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 38 people were reported dead.

A total of 1,755,959 people in Indiana have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 23,806 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 86,246,101 people have tested positive and 1,013,413 people have died.

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Indiana's COVID-19 hospital admissions staying flat

USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, June 19.

Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:

  • Last week: 919

  • The week before that: 910

  • Four weeks ago: 808

Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:

  • Last week: 59,526

  • The week before that: 57,395

  • Four weeks ago: 52,179

 

Hospitals in 29 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 25 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 31 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 Reporter Times: Morgan County reported 82 additional COVID-19 cases this week