With 24 more deaths, Indiana coronavirus death toll tops 100

Twenty-four more people have died in Indiana from Coronavirus-related illnesses, boosting state’s virus death toll past 100 while its confirmed cases topped 3,400, state health officials said Friday.

new deaths increased Indiana’s statewide deaths to 102 for COVID-19, disease caused by virus, while ar 408 confirmed cases of virus boosted state’s total to 3,437, following corrections to previous day’s total, Indiana State Department of Health said.

department has said that additional deaths it reports each day occurred over multiple days. Those deaths are reported once re is a confirmed positive test for COVID-19 in each case.

Marion County, home of Indianapolis, had 126 of 408 new coronavirus cases reported Friday. Indianapolis and seven counties surrounding it account for 44% of Indiana’s COVID-19 deaths and more than 60% of its confirmed cases. Marion County alone has had 33 COVID-19 deaths, or 32% of Indiana’s total, and 1,429 confirmed cases that account for 42% of state’s total.

For most people, coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. Older adults and people with existing health problems are among those particularly susceptible to more severe illness, including pneumonia. vast majority of people recover.