INDIANAPOLIS — On Thursday, the Indiana Department of Health reported 30 additional COVID-19 deaths and 2,969 more positive cases.
Since the pandemic began, 21,191 COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Indiana and there have been 1,661,563 total positive cases.
A total of 837 probable COVID-19 deaths have been reported since the pandemic began.
IDOH reported 2,537 newly fully vaccinated people, bringing the total number of fully vaccinated people to 3,662,016.
An additional 32,865 COVID-19 tests have been administered, according to IDOH. A total of 18,587,795 tests for COVID-19 have been given since the pandemic began.
2,036 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized, according to data from IDOH.
21.3% of ICU beds in the state are being used for COVID-19 patients and 62.4% of the ICU beds are being used for non-COVID-19 patients, according to IDOH. 16.3% of ICU beds are available.
6.2% of ventilators are being used for COVID-19 patients and 16.7% of ventilators are being used for non-COVID-19 patients, according to IDOH. 77.1% of ventilators are available.
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