Data from the State Department of Health shows Indiana is testing fewer people for COVID-19 per 100,000 residents than all its neighboring states and the U.S. as a whole.

Thirty more Indiana residents have died from COVID-19, pushing the states death toll during the pandemic past 200 as its confirmed coronavirus cases neared 6,000, state health officials said Wednesday.

In its update Thursday the Indiana State Department of Health says 42 more deaths have been reported in connection with COVID-19, moving the state's total to 245. It also reported an additional 430 cases of COVID-19. To date, there have been 6,531 cases of the disease reported in the state.