(CDC/Alissa Eckert, MS)
Indiana’s presumed coronavirus death toll has grown past 1,600 people as state health officials on Wednesday added 41 fatalities involving confirmed or probable infections to the tally.
The Indiana State Department of Health recorded 38 newly confirmed COVID-19 deaths, most of which occurred Monday or Tuesday, along with three additional deaths considered coronavirus-related by doctors but without confirmation of the illness from test results.
That brings the state's Wednesday total to 25,473 cases and the confirmed death toll to 1,482. The presumed death toll is 1,619.
One of the newly confirmed deaths dated back to April 22, which gives that date 48 deaths and makes it the state’s deadliest single day during the pandemic. Indiana’s earliest recorded coronavirus death was less than two months ago on March 15.
No new cases were reported in Monroe County, leaving the number of confirmed cases at 145, but the ISDH is reporting one additional death in the county.
That brings Monroe County's COVID-19 death toll to 10. Data provided shows 1,878 Monroe County residents have been tested.
More than two dozen additional testing sites opened around the state Wednesday as part of the state’s expanded coronavirus testing program, the health department said. Those sites are part of the state’s nearly $18 million contract with OptumServe Health Services, which opened its first 20 testing locations last week.
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Monroe County officials have said the local OptumServe testing site is set to open by Friday at the latest, but interested patients can currently participate in an online coronavirus screening and schedule a testing appointment online.
The tests are available to those with symptoms of the respiratory illness, those in close contact with someone infected and people with high-risk health conditions.
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