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Health Department reports one new Covid-19 case

Monday, the Dubois County Health Department announced one new case of Covid-19 has been identified in the county. This brings the total to 252 positive cases of COVID-19 in Dubois County residents.

Of the 252 cases, the health department reported 202 residents have recovered and six have died from the disease. There have been 2,280 tests completed.

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) also announced that 277 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 42,633 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

Intensive care unit and ventilator capacity remain steady. As of today, more than 38 percent of ICU beds and more than 81 percent of ventilators are available.

A total of 2,363 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 13 over the previous day. Another 190 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.  

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