(CDC/Alissa Eckert, MS)
Indiana’s number of confirmed or probable coronavirus-related deaths has jumped to over 1,300 as state health officials added 62 fatalities to that toll on Tuesday.
Most of the newly confirmed deaths happened between Friday and Monday, but others date back as far as March 31, according to the Indiana State Department of Health.
The new state statistics show that at least 1,004 people died during April with COVID-19 infections — an average of nearly 33.5 people a day. That one-month death toll far exceeds Indiana’s average of about 150 flu deaths over a seven-month period in recent years.
The state health department has recorded 1,213 total deaths with confirmed coronavirus infections and 113 presumed deaths of people with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus. Those are deaths that state officials said doctors blame on coronavirus infections without confirmation of the illness from test results.
One additional case is being reported in Monroe County, which brings the county's total to 132. No additional deaths have been reported since April 29. This is the sixth day in a row without a new reported death in the county.
According to ISDH, 1,393 Monroe County residents have been tested.
A new order from Gov. Eric Holcomb that took effect Monday eased many business and travel restrictions for most of Indiana as a top state health official said coronavirus cases had reached a “level plateau.”
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Monroe County officials extended the stay-at-home order locally last week and have said that they are looking for a "clear decline" in county-specific virus stats to serve as an indicator of public safety.
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