In Indiana, 133,639 people filed unemployment claims in the week ended April 4, down from 139,174 the previous week, and way up from 75,522 the week before that.
Counties say they fear HIPAA fines if they provide granular information on COVID-19 cases, but a journalism expert says the free flow of information is needed to help the public understand the level of threat.
Some local restaurants trying to stay afloat without dine-in service report sales have plunged by two-thirds or more, raising questions about how much longer they’ll be able to survive.
The most pressing education issue in Indiana has quickly shifted from increasing teacher salaries to mitigating how much progress students will lose with school buildings shut down through the end of the academic year.
Decatur County and two other counties in southeast Indiana have among the highest per-capita infection rates in the country, topping the Seattle area and some counties near hard-hit Detroit.
The state health department laid out new orders Wednesday in an effort to protect elderly and confined Hoosiers from contracting the disease, Meanwhile, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard is coordinating testing for nursing home residents in his city.
The morgue will support hospitals and long-term care facilities that could see a significant increase in deaths caused by COVID-19.
Asbury, which has eight Indianapolis-area dealerships, said it’s furloughing 2,300 employees across its 10-state operating footprint due to a sharp drop-off in sales and service revenue.
The fund will support the immediate needs of schools and students with limited access to technology and long-term e-learning solutions, including the launch of an e-learning lab that will be open to all schools statewide.
As Indy 500 officials motor ahead with plans to stage the race on Aug. 23, the organizers of many of the accompanying events—including the IPL 500 Festival Parade—have solidified new dates as well.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Wednesday morning said the number of presumptive positive cases for COVID-19 in the state has risen to 5,943 after the emergence of 436 more cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering changing its guidelines for self-isolation to make it easier for those who have been exposed to someone with the coronavirus to return to work if they are asymptomatic.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s government is hammering out an approach that foresees the full return to normal life taking months, according to people directly involved in the talks.
A Washington Post analysis shows that counties that are majority-black have three times the number of infections and almost six times the number of deaths as counties where white residents are in the majority.
An SBA spokeswoman said Tuesday afternoon that there have been more than 275,000 applications received for loans valued at $75 billion since the program launched.
The Dow Jones industrial average closed the day with a 26-point loss after losing an earlier gain of 937 points.
With the ongoing spread of COVID-19 in Indiana, many regular aspects of life have come to a halt, but one normalcy is continuing: road construction.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra said it has applied for financial relief through the federal Paycheck Protection Program and advised employees to seek unemployment benefits.
Banks say they’re seeing overwhelming demand for Paycheck Protection Program coronavirus relief loans, and the Small Business Administration’s website is getting bogged down when they attempt to submit loan applications.
The pending request is being designed to backstop a $349 billion small business loan program that was created as part of the $2 trillion coronavirus rescue bill enacted late last month.
