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The Indiana State Department of Health announced its highest number of new positive coronavirus cases in one day to date on Saturday.

According to the state's dashboard, there were 718 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 14,395. The state reported 44 new deaths, bringing the total to 785.

The number of presumptive deaths due to COVID-19 increased by eight, to 87. Presumptive deaths are those for which a physician listed COVID-19 as a contributing cause of death, but for which no positive test is on record.

The state has conducted 4,227 new tests, bringing the total to 79,774.

Marion County reported 194 new cases, the most of any Indiana county. An additional 12 counties reported more than 10 new cases, including Hamilton County with 29 new cases, Johnson with 19 and Shelby with 22.

After Marion County, Lake County (73), Cass County (60) and St. Joseph County (38) had the next-highest reported number of cases.

According to the latest data provided by the state’s health department, 44.6% of ICU beds are available and 78.7% of ventilators are available.

Worldwide, more than 2.8 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus, according to John Hopkins University's coronavirus resource center. More than 200,000 have died.

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