Indiana State Department of Health

The Indiana State Department of Health reported a fourth death from COVID-19 in Tippecanoe County in its daily update Tuesday.

Tippecanoe County’s COVID-19 case total stood at 248 Tuesday, and the Indiana State Department of Health announced 1,444 deaths statewide in its daily update.

ISDH also reported 566 new novel coronavirus cases in Indiana, for a total of 25,127. 

Tippecanoe County’s COVID-19 case count rose to 225 Saturday, a daily increase of 20 new cases, and the Indiana State Department of Health reported 1,362 deaths statewide from the novel coronavirus.

Indiana reached a grim milestone as the state reported more than 1,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19. The state’s total Thursday is at 1,007.

The Indiana State Department of Health has reported more than 300 additional deaths in the last week, though when they died may stretch back into March.

Tippecanoe County’s COVID-19 case count rose by eight Thursday, bringing the county’s confirmed total to 110. Hoosier deaths from the novel coronavirus hit 1,007 in the Indiana State Department of Health’s daily report.

ISDH also reported 669 new COVID-19 cases statewide, for a total of 17,835. 

The Indiana State Department of Health reported seven new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Tippecanoe County in their Saturday update. The county case tally now stands at 71.

ISDH announced 44 additional deaths from the novel coronavirus across Indiana; Indiana COVID-19 deaths now total 785. The department also reported 14,395 confirmed cases statewide.  

Tippecanoe County’s COVID-19 cases rose to 64 Friday, and the Indiana State Department of Health reported 656 new cases statewide, pushing Indiana’s confirmed count to 13,680.

ISDH also announced 35 additional deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the reported total to 741. 

Indiana is partnering with the Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI on a study that hopes to capture the true spread of COVID-19 in the state.

State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box says the study, over the course of several months, will test thousands of Hoosiers for the virus.

Tippecanoe County’s confirmed COVID-19 case count rose to 58 Monday, and the Indiana State Department of Health announced 505 new cases statewide for a total of 11,686. 

ISDH also reported 569 Hoosier deaths from the novel coronavirus in its daily update. 

On Monday, Tippecanoe County ranked 34th out of Indiana’s 92 counties in total confirmed COVID-19 cases. Marion County’s caseload remains the highest, with 4,052 confirmed cases and 192 deaths as the week began. 

Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine will begin using a lab that tests for infectious diseases in animals to conduct COVID-19 testing for humans.

Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory director Dr. Kenitra Hendrix says the lab ran 15,000 tests on animal samples through an automated testing system in 2019. They plan to process 400 human COVID-19 tests a day.