17 more coronavirus deaths in Indiana; total tops 2,400

INDIANAPOLIS - Seventeen more people have died in Indiana with coronavirus infections, giving the state more than 2,400 deaths of those with confirmed or presumed infections since mid-March, health officials said Saturday.

The latest state statistics give the state a death toll of 2,231 people who died with confirmed COVID-19 infections, the Indiana State Department of Health said. The heath department also has recorded 182 fatalities considered coronavirus-related by doctors but without confirmation of the illness from test results.

An additional 432 Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing, the department said. That brings to 39,543 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the coronavirus.

Intensive care unit and ventilator capacity remain steady. As of Saturday, nearly 39 percent of ICU beds in Indiana and more than 83 percent of ventilators are available.

To date, 340,637 tests for the virus have been reported to health department, up from 335,180 on Friday.

To find testing locations around the state, go to www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link. More than 200 locations are available around the state.