Indiana has 21,870 cases of COVID-19, 1,264 deaths

By: Melissa Hudson

Posted: May 6, 2020 11:58 AM EDT

The Indiana State Department of Health announced there are 862 new cases of COVID-19 and 51 deaths.

There are a total of 21,870 cases and 1,264 Hoosiers have died.

To date, 120,496 tests have been reported to the department.

While the number of cases has increased, intensive care unit and ventilator capacity remains steady. As of Tuesday, about 41 percent of ICU beds and 79.4 percent of ventilators were available at hospitals throughout the state, according to the department.

Marion County had the most new cases, at 315.

Other counties with more than 10 new cases were Allen (23), Bartholomew (16), Cass (38), Elkhart (20), Hamilton (27), Hendricks (99), Johnson (16), Lake (72), LaPorte (17), Madison (10), Porter (10), Shelby (12), St. Joseph (28) and Vanderburgh (10).

Elkhart Co.: 361 cases, 16 deaths
Fulton Co.: 34 cases, 1 death
Kosciusko Co.: 39 cases, 1 death, 20 recovered
La Grange Co.: 36 cases, 2 deaths
La Porte Co.: 284 cases, 9 deaths
Marshall Co.: 31 cases, 1 death
Pulaski Co.: 31 cases
St. Joseph Co.: 714 cases, 30 deaths, 292 recovered
Starke Co.: 17 cases, 2 deaths