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New COVID-19 data has been released by the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH), which says 4,070 more Hoosiers have tested positive for COVID-19; those tests were recorded between Nov. 20 and Nov. 23.
A total of 1,084,488 Hoosiers have tested positive for COVID-19 since March 2020.
The ISDH coronavirus dashboard reported 17 additional deaths from COVID-19 in Indiana from Nov. 20 to Nov. 23. A total of 16,805 Hoosiers have died from COVID-19. Another 581 “probable” deaths have occurred but a positive test is not on record.
The seven-day positivity rate for unique individuals stands at 21.5 percent. The seven-day positivity rate for all tests is 11 percent. A total of 15,276,538 tests have been administered to 4,495,695 Hoosiers.
There are currently 1,842 Hoosiers hospitalized with COVID-19.
ISDH says 7,630,162 vaccination doses have been administered to Hoosiers, and 3,422,242 Hoosiers are fully vaccinated.
According to the Regenstrief Institute, 996,730 Hoosiers are estimated to have recovered from the virus.
According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, there have been more than 259,062,000 confirmed cases worldwide, with more than 5,170,000 deaths.
More information, including interactive graphs, can be found here.
Gov. Holcomb extends public health emergency
By ADAM STATEN & GREGG MONTGOMERY
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Indiana’s public health emergency will be extended for another 30 days.
Governor Eric Holcomb announced the move, the 21st extension, on Wednesday in a statement, saying:
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“Last week I made clear what would be necessary to responsibly allow the state public health emergency to expire. However, following the announcement that the General Assembly will not return on Monday, Nov. 29, I plan to extend the state public health emergency and the executive order next week for another 30 days to preserve the necessary provisions. I will continue to work closely with Speaker Huston and Senator Bray as we move into next legislative session.”
This comes after Holcomb held back support from a Republican proposal that would force businesses to grant COVID-19 vaccination requirement exemptions without questions.
The GOP proposal, which was announced Saturday, would have also blocked similar immunization rules by state universities and would have rejected an appeal by the state’s largest business organization to leave such decisions up to employers. Leaders of the legislature on have decided not to call themselves into session Monday to consider the Republican proposal; instead, lawmakers will consider the proposal when reconvening Jan. 4.
Indiana’s public health emergency has been in place since March 2020.
Prior to Holcomb’s announcement of the extension Wednesday, the health emergency was scheduled to expire on Dec. 1.