The Indiana Department of Health announced Saturday that another 5,007 residents have tested positive with COVID-19 which pushes the state’s overall total to 205,722 since the beginning of the pandemic.
A total of 4,348 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 43 from Friday’s report.
Health officials say Saturday’s results come from a record number of 50,610 tests submitted in the last 24 hours.
In Marshall County, 38 more people were diagnosed with COVID-19 and another person has died from the virus. The total number of cases in Marshall County is up to 1,911. Starke County’s case count grew by 14 Saturday for a total of 620 overall cases. One more person has died of COVID-19 in Starke County and in Pulaski County. Pulaski County also reported 13 new COVID-19 cases for an overall total of 245.
Health officials remind residents to wash hands frequently, wear masks while out in public, stay home if sick, and maintain a social distance from people outside of the household.
