Morgan County's COVID cases up 8.8%; Indiana cases holding steady

Mike Stucka USA TODAY NETWORK
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Hannah Blumka reacts after receiving her diploma at the Buchanan High School graduation ceremony May 27 at the school in Michigan. Blumka, now 18, got sick with COVID-19 and spent more than a month in a coma with stays in five hospitals over 156 days.
Hannah Blumka reacts after receiving her diploma at the Buchanan High School graduation ceremony May 27 at the school in Michigan. Blumka, now 18, got sick with COVID-19 and spent more than a month in a coma with stays in five hospitals over 156 days.

Indiana reported 11,371 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, from 11,173 the week before of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Indiana ranked 40th 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 increased 29% from the week before, with 947,862 cases reported. With 2.02% of the country's population, Indiana had 1.2% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 42 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.

The Fourth of July holiday disrupted who got tested, when people got tested and when both test results and deaths were reported. This may significantly skew week-to-week comparisons.

Morgan County reported 111 cases and one death in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 102 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 17,379 cases and 291 deaths.

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Within Indiana, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Posey County with 405 cases per 100,000 per week; Knox County with 369; and Wayne County with 345. 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 1,508 cases; Lake County, with 772 cases; and Vanderburgh County, with 621. Weekly case counts rose in 50 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Wayne, Tippecanoe and Vanderburgh counties.

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​ Across Indiana, cases fell in 41 counties, with the best declines in St. Joseph County, with 338 cases from 450 a week earlier; in Allen County, with 561 cases from 647; and in Monroe County, with 176 cases from 235. ​

In Indiana, ​ 52 ​ people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 66 people were reported dead.

A total of 1,798,430 people in Indiana have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 24,000 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 89,542,107 people have tested positive and 1,023,799 people have died.

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Indiana's COVID-19 hospital admissions rising

USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, July 17. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:

  • Last week: 1,196

  • The week before that: 1,117

  • Four weeks ago: 885

Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:

  • Last week: 73,328

  • The week before that: 67,692

  • Four weeks ago: 57,602

Hospitals in 36 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 27 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 40 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 111 additional COVID-19 cases this week