Monday’s COVID Numbers

FILE - Registered nurse Allison Miller administers one of the first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinations at UW Medicine Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Seattle. Several states have been told to expect far fewer doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in its second week of distribution, but the reason remains a mystery as the company said Thursday, Dec. 17, that its production expectations remain unchanged.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

The Indiana Department of Health says 2,548 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

That brings the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the Coronavirus to 592,709.

The new numbers show 30 people died as a result of COVID Sunday-into-Monday.

Hoosiers age 70 and older, along with healthcare workers, long-term care residents and first responders, are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Appointments are required for that, so schedule yours at  visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211.