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Statewide, a total of 16,502 Hoosiers tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, not including the results of at-home COVID-19 tests, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
That’s the second-highest daily number of positive COVID-19 tests behind only the 16,474 COVID-19 cases confirmed Jan. 12.
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Indiana also set a new second-highest total of COVID-19 hospitalizations Tuesday with 3,492 Hoosiers hospitalized because of COVID-19.
The previous daily hospitalization peak of 3,519 COVID-19 patients was set Jan. 13, data show.
Across the state, just 10.7% of the 2,022 total intensive care unit hospital beds remain available. That translates to 18 empty ICU beds at Northwest Indiana hospitals, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
Altogether, COVID-19 has now killed 20,500 Hoosiers when both confirmed COVID-19 deaths (19,761) and probable COVID-19 deaths (739) are added together. That includes the 118 Indiana COVID-19 deaths added to the mortality tally Wednesday.
State and local health officials continue to recommend Hoosiers age 5 and older get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible to minimize their risk of contracting, getting seriously ill or dying because of the virus.
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