Coronavirus update for May 6th: Two more Bartholomew County deaths from COVID-19

According to the most recent update from the Indiana State Department of Health., there are 21, 870 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Indiana, an increase of 862 cases since Tuesday’s report.

There have been 1,264 deaths in Indiana as of this afternoon’s update, an increase of 51 deaths from the previous day’s numbers.

Bartholomew County has 314 confirmed cases, an increase of 17 since Tuesday. There have been 19 deaths so far from the coronavirus in Bartholomew County, two more since Tuesday’s update.

In other area counties, Decatur has 206 cases and has had 28 deaths, Jennings 87 cases and 3 deaths; Jackson 188 cases and 1 death; Brown 21 cases and 1 death; Johnson 746 cases and 77 deaths; and Shelby 241 cases and 14 deaths.