INDIANAPOLIS (WLFI) — The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced Tuesday, February 16, 889 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
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According to ISDH, 650,530 people in Indiana have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. A total of 11,805 people have died from the virus, an increase of 40. New deaths were reported in the following local counties:
- Howard - 3 (total 186)
- Jasper - 1 (total 42)
In the WLFI viewing area, additional cases were reported today were Benton (0), Carroll (3), Cass (7), Clinton (1), Fountain (2), Fulton (0), Howard (16), Jasper (3), Miami (1), Montgomery (5), Newton (0), Pulaski (0) Tippecanoe (38), Warren (1), and White (2).
Looking at each county's advisory level, Benton, Clinton, Fulton, Newton and Tippecanoe counties are in yellow. The rest of the WLFI viewing area is in orange. Click here to read more about what restrictions are in place based on their designated color zones.
Further data can be found here. The breakdown of county totals is as follows:
- Benton – 907 (12 deaths)
- Carroll – 1,740 (18 deaths)
- Cass – 5,240 (94 deaths)
- Clinton – 3,891 (52 deaths)
- Fountain – 1,977 (39 deaths)
- Fulton – 1,752 (38 deaths)
- Howard – 8,974 (186 deaths)
- Jasper – 3,100 (42 deaths)
- Miami – 3,502 (60 deaths)
- Montgomery – 3,759 (82 deaths)
- Newton – 964 (31 deaths)
- Pulaski - 1,042 (41 deaths)
- Tippecanoe – 19,453 (190 deaths)
- Warren – 734 (12 deaths)
- White – 2,919 (51 deaths)
Purdue University’s COVID Dashboard reports 225 active cases with 216 being students and 9 being employees. It has reported 4,877 total cases since it started reporting on August 1. 142,463 total tests have been given on campus.
According to the Indiana COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard, 828,078 people have received the first dose of the vaccine. 347,508 have received the second dose and are fully vaccinated.
