Indiana reports another daily high in COVID-19 cases
The Indiana State Department of Health on Thursday also reported the testing of 12,153 more individuals, the fifth-highest total during the pandemic.
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The surge in cases came on the same day Indiana reported 12,515 new tests. That’s the second-highest number of tests reported in a daily state health department report since the beginning of the pandemic.