As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, so do hospitalizations. More than 1,700 Hoosiers were in the hospital with COVID-19 symptoms as of Thursday, the highest number since January.
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Indiana’s daily increase in COVID-19 cases has surpassed 4,000 for the first time since January. Another 4,120 cases were reported in Friday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health.
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The Indiana Department of Health is ramping up COVID-19 testing, as demand shoots back up. During a press conference Wednesday, State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box apologized for the long wait times experienced at testing sites.
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The Indiana Department of Health reported that another 3,713 Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, including 24 people in Marshall County, 11 people in Starke County and four people in Pulaski County.
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A third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised has been approved by the CDC, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the FDA.
Continue readingGovernor Holcomb says he’s happy to leave it up to individual counties to decide on mask mandates. During a press conference Wednesday, Holcomb said the state will continue to make sure local leaders have the information they need to make their own decisions, along with the resources to carry them out.
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Improving Indiana’s public health structure is the goal of a new commission announced by Governor Holcomb Wednesday. Over the next year, the 15-member commission will look at the strengths and weaknesses of the current health system, analyzing funding, staffing challenges, and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue readingWednesday’s updated County Metrics Map on the Indiana Department of Health’s coronavirus website shows Marshall, Starke and Pulaski Counties in the yellow status, which means a moderate level of community spread of COVID-19. There are 11 counties in the state in the red status, 62 counties in the orange status, and 19 counties in the yellow status. There are no counties in the blue status which indicates a low community spread of COVID-19.
Continue readingAnother 2,726 people in the state have tested positive with COVID-19, including 12 more people in Marshall County, three people in Starke County and one person in Pulaski County, according to Tuesday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health.
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The Indiana Department of Health says someone “improperly accessed” the state’s COVID-19 contact tracing data. Indiana Chief Information Officer Tracy Barnes said in a press release that the data was accessed by a company “that intentionally looks for software vulnerabilities, then reaches out to seek business.”
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A second round of COVID-19 relief is on its way to North Judson businesses. Clerk-Treasurer Andrew Rowe told the town council Monday that checks were sent out to businesses that applied late last week. “That’s been wrapped up and disbursed and everything sent to KIRPC for their reporting,” Rowe said.
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Knox Community Schools’ support staff can expect to get a pay raise in the coming months.
Continue readingFifteen Marshall County residents, seven Starke County residents and three Pulaski County residents are among 2,721 new cases of COVID-19 in Friday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health.
Continue readingAnother 3,186 Hoosiers have tested positive with COVID-19, which includes 15 people in Marshall County, five people in Starke County and one person in Pulaski County according to Thursday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health.
Continue readingState Health officials have found that most of the state is showing a moderate-to-high community spread of COVID-19, according to the updated Indiana Department of Health’s County Metrics Map. Marshall, Starke and Pulaski Counties are in the moderate level, or yellow status, of community spread.
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Eastern Pulaski students will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine at school starting next week.
Continue readingMore people are testing positive with COVID-19 in Indiana. In Tuesday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health, 2,234 people have been newly diagnosed with COVID-19 with four of those residents in Marshall County, four people in Starke County and four residents in Pulaski County.
Continue readingThe number of COVID-19 cases in the state continues to go up with 1,208 additional cases in Monday’s report from the Indiana Department of Health. There were five additional cases in Marshall County and four more cases in Starke County.
Continue readingThe number of new COVID-19 cases in Indiana has surpassed 2,000 for the first time since early February. Eight of those cases are among Starke County residents, seven are from Marshall County, and four are from Pulaski County, according to Friday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health.
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Pulaski County’s health care providers are pleading with residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter to the community this week, Pulaski Memorial Hospital providers said, “Further disease and death are entirely preventable, but because of disinformation, people continue to die of COVID-19.”
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