Latest updates of the coronavirus pandemic for July 28, 2021

INDIANAPOLIS – Here are the latest updates from Wednesday on the coronavirus pandemic, including the latest news on COVID-19 vaccination and testing in Indiana.

Vaccine registrations are now open for Hoosiers ages 12 and up across the Indiana State Department of Health. This story will be updated throughout the day with more news on the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Marion County Public Health Department recommends that individuals wear masks in indoor public places, regardless of their immunization status.

The recommendation comes after the CDC published new guidelines Tuesday for individuals in places where COVID-19 is on the rise. The government agency has turned the tide of some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people resume wearing masks indoors in parts of the United States

The CDC’s COVID Data Tracker specifies the areas where the virus is spread by county. The map, which color-codes each county from blue (lowest level of community transition) to red (highest level of community transition). The agency suggests people living in orange or red counties to hide indoors.

Based on data collected between July 19 and July 25, Marion County was at the orange level – substantial.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike urged young people to cooperate with measures to reduce the high number of infections and get vaccinated, saying their activities are key to slowing the surge during the Olympics.

The Japanese capital reported 2,848 new cases on Tuesday, surpassing its previous record in January. Koike noted that the majority of older people have been fully vaccinated and infections among them have largely declined, while young people, mostly unvaccinated, now dominate new cases.

Vaccination prospects for younger people have improved and some can get vaccinated through workplaces and colleges, while others are still waiting based on seniority. The hesitations of young people are also a cause for concern.

There were over 34.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States as of 3:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. There have been 611,200 recorded deaths in the United States

Globally, there have been more than 195.3 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus with more than 4.17 million deaths. More than 3.92 billion doses of vaccines have been administered worldwide.

For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially the elderly and people with existing health problems, it can cause more serious illnesses like pneumonia or death.

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Australia’s largest city, Sydney, will remain closed for another month.

The New South Wales state government has said the lockdown on the city of 5 million people will last until at least August 28, after reporting 177 new infections on Wednesday in the last 24 months. time. This was the largest daily count since the cluster was discovered in mid-June.

“I am as upset and frustrated as all of you that we haven’t been able to get the number of cases we would have liked at this point, but it is the reality,” Prime Minister Gladys Berejiklian told reporters.

More than 2,500 people have been infected in a cluster that began when a limousine driver tested positive on June 16 for the contagious delta variant. The driver had been infected by an American crew he had transported from Sydney airport.

The cluster’s death toll reached 11 on Wednesday with a 90-year-old woman who died in a Sydney hospital.