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Holcomb Offers Update On COVID In Indiana
By: Mike Stiles - Thursday, December 10, 2020

Governor Eric Holcomb (photo courtesy of State of Indiana)

(INDIANA) – Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb is asking Hoosier residents to work together to help drive down the number of COVID-19 cases in the state.

During a Wednesday afternoon media briefing, Holcomb shared that all 92 Indiana counties are now in red, according to the criteria used to measure the spread of COVID-19. With that being said, Holcomb says the State's emergency order has been extended once again.

Holcomb says with the increase in the number of COVID cases, Indiana hospitals are starting to become overwhelmed. With that in mind, Holcomb asked residents to hold off on certain procedures for the next few weeks. ...... {LISTEN}.

Dr. Lindsay Weaver, the Chief Medical Officer for the Indiana Department of Health, says if approved, vaccines could be arriving in Indiana very soon. ...... {LISTEN}.

Weaver says additional doses are expected to be available at 50 hospitals by the end of next week. All total, 55,575 doses will be coming to Indiana and will be used to vaccinate front line health care workers first.

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