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Gov. Eric Holcomb on Wednesday created new restrictions on hospitals and on social gatherings, including those at schools and colleges.
Indiana State Board of Health on Wednesday reported 5,853 more Hoosiers have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total to 398,417. In addition, the department said an additional 98 Hoosiers died from COVID-19, raising Indiana’s death toll to 6,207.
The governor said Hoosiers should continue to follow the mask mandate, which began July 27. He said the state also has a 14 percent positivity rate, more than 3,200 hospitalized, and more than 400 daily hospital admissions.
Indiana has created a weekly score system for its counties, mapping with those having the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in red, followed by orange, yellow and blue. The governor referred to the map during his weekly coronavirus briefing, saying, “We have more counties in red for positivity levels than we did last week.”