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A total of 100 more people died from coronavirus in Northwest Indiana in a one-week period, according to data from the Indiana Department of Health.
Statistics updated Friday showed that there have been a total of 1,580 deaths in Lake County, 493 in Porter County, 319 in LaPorte County, 62 in Newton County and 120 in Jasper County.
Last Friday, Lake County reported 1,517 deaths, meaning an additional 63 people have died of the virus in the county in a seven-day period, statistics show. In a one-week period, Porter County reported 17 new deaths, LaPorte County had 13 more, Newton County had three more and Jasper County had four more.
Allison Paul, interim CEO and Chief Nursing Officer for HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, speaks about the situation for Illinois hospitals being overwhelmed by the latest COVID-19 surge. She said nurses are exhausted. “Our nurses have experienced genuine trauma from which they are trying to heal, but we are preparing for another battle again,” she said.
In total, COVID-19 has killed a total of 20,508 Hoosiers since the start of the pandemic, indicating an additional 516 deaths statewide in the last seven days, Friday data showed.
State health records show a total of 2,892 Hoosiers were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Friday, according to the Indiana Department of Health. Currently 31.3% of ICU beds are in use by coronavirus patients with only 11.6% of ICU beds in the state available.
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The color-coded classifications for Indiana’s 92 counties has all of counties still in the worst-possible red rating for the second week, showing a continuing increase of infections.
The red rating indicates an uncontrolled spread of coronavirus, which is classified as 200 or more positive cases per every 100,000 residents.
“The timing of this could not have been worse,” said Dr. Marc Shelton, SVP and chief clinical officer for HSHS. His comments came as the hospital system reported a record high of 303 patients being treated for COVID-19.
Across state lines, a total of 7,627 residents in Calumet City and 6,566 residents in Lansing have tested positive for the virus.
State health officials are urging Hoosiers age 5 and up to reduce their chances of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and death by getting vaccinated against COVID-19, or by getting a COVID-19 booster shot for those previously vaccinated, as soon as possible.
The free COVID-19 vaccine is available, in most cases without an appointment, at 1,488 locations across the state, including retail pharmacies, health clinics and hospitals.
Records show that 55.9% of Hoosiers age 5 and up, the state’s eligible population, are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including 54.9% of eligible Lake County residents, 60.5% in Porter County, 55.4% in LaPorte County, 40.7% in Newton County and 45.7% in Jasper County.
So far, a total of 1,657,284 people have received a booster shot statewide.
A complete list of COVID-19 vaccine sites is available online at ourshot.in.gov.
Gallery: COVID-19 vaccine administered at PNW’s College of Nursing
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Eva Parrish, left, of Gary, looks up as her sister, Elizabeth Vasquez, a graduate nursing student at Purdue University Northwest, finishes administering a COVID-19 vaccine shot on Wednesday at the Hammond campus.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Andralia Hardrick, left, a junior at Purdue University Northwest, briefly winces as she receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot from graduate nursing student Elizabeth Vasquez on Wednesday at the Hammond campus.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Julie Wiejak, left, senior executive assistant to the chancellor for strategic initiatives at Purdue University Northwest, guides sophomore McKenna Bluhm to her COVID-19 vaccine appointment on Wednesday.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Christhyl Abad, nursing student at Purdue University Northwest, sits in the 15-minute holding zone in a nursing lab on Wednesday after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Christhyl Abad, a junior and nursing student at Purdue University Northwest, recieves her COVID-19 vaccine shot from graduate nursing student Douglas Mukorombindo on Wednesday.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
A Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot and bandage are ready to be administered Wednesday at Purdue Northwest’s Hammond campus.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Noelle Long, left, a sophomore at Purdue University Northwest, receives her COVID-19 vaccine shot from Lashaunda Hill, RN and clinical placement coordinator at PNW’s nursing school, on Wednesday.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Christhyl Abad, a junior nursing student at Purdue University Northwest, readies for her COVID-19 vaccine shot from graduate nursing student Douglas Mukorombindo on Wednesday.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Samantha Sommer, right, a graduate nursing student at Purdue University Northwest, administers COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday at a clinic hosted at the nursing school at the Hammond campus.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Eva Parrish, left, of Gary, receives her first COVID-19 vaccine shot from her sister, Elizabeth Vasquez, a graduate nursing student at Purdue University Northwest, on Wednesday at the Hammond campus. Family members of PNW students and faculty were invited to receive inoculations from nursing students at the school.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Charrin Allen, audio and visual technician at Purdue University Northwest, volunteers Wednesday and helps schedule PNW students for COVID-19 vaccine appointments in the lobby of the Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Jamie Kozel, undergraduate instructor at Purdue University Northwest’s nursing school, gives a sticker to sophomore Logan Kosteroski on Wednesday at the Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building in Hammond.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
A stack of Centers for Disease Control & Prevention vaccination record cards wait for use on Wednesday at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Myriam Changoluisa, a graduate student at Purdue University Northwest, sits in a waiting area for 15 minutes following her COVID-19 vaccine shot on Wednesday at the Hammond campus.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Purdue University Northwest students spend time in the 15-minute waiting zone in one of the nursing school’s labs on Wednesday at the Hammond campus.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Jason Jeffress, left, audio and visual technician at Purdue University Northwest, volunteers Wednesday and helps schedule PNW students for COVID-19 vaccine appointments.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Tim Winders, vice chancellor for information services, helps schedule a vaccine appointment for nursing student Christhyl Abad on Wednesday at the Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building in Hammond.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Elizabeth Vasquez, right, graduate nursing student at Purdue University Northwest, applies a bandage to the arm of her brother-in-law, Matt Parrish, on Wednesday after administering a COVID-19 vaccine shot. The nursing school hosted a clinic to administer initial inoculations for students, faculty and family members.
PNW nursing school hosts vaccine clinic
Eva Parrish, left, of Gary, receives her first COVID-19 vaccine shot from her sister, Elizabeth Vasquez, a graduate nursing student at Purdue University Northwest, on Wednesday at the Hammond campus. Family members of PNW students and faculty were invited to receive inoculations from nursing students at the school.
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