Indiana reports another 492 COVID-19 cases, 21 more deaths
Marion County on Saturday reported 9,040 cumulative cases—up from 8,928 the previous day, an increase of 112 cases.
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Michigan governor extends stay-at-home order through June 12
Michigan—with one of the country’s most expansive lockdowns—had 22.7% unemployment in April, which the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday was second highest behind only Nevada.
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Homeowners stopped paying mortgages in record numbers in April
Record unemployment caused by the coronavirus pandemic led to the largest one-month increase in mortgage delinquencies ever recorded.
Trump deems churches ‘essential,’ calls for them to reopen
President Donald Trump on Friday called on governors across the country to allow them to reopen this weekend, even as some parts of the nation remain under coronavirus lockdown.
Donor organization to recover transplant organs at its own facility
The Indiana Donor Network Organ and Tissue Recovery Center has re-tasked two operating rooms and an intensive care unit to recover major organs, such as the kidneys, heart and lungs.
Indianapolis salon owners tearing hair out over closure order
A petition asking Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett to allow salons to reopen has received more than 6,000 signatures in six days. Some owners said they’re at a huge disadvantage with competitors in adjacent counties back in business.
State’s contractor faces big test as it ramps up contact tracing effort
Washington, D.C.-area-based Maximus is taking on a critical, massive assignment: helping health departments across Indiana contact people who have tested positive for COVID-19 to learn whom they might have exposed.
Indiana’s official COVID-19 case count passes 30,000
Health officials say Indiana has far more coronavirus cases—probably tens of thousands more—than those indicated by the number of official tests.
IU makes tentative plans for in-person fall instruction, to offer virus testing to students, faculty
IU President Michael McRobbie outlined reopening plans in a note to the university community on Thursday. The note said the university could begin in-person instruction this fall “in some proportion,” but added the reopening would depend on the pandemic.
State to cut spending 15%, sideline several projects to deal with budget shortfalls
Gov. Eric Holcomb said the budget agency is estimating that Indiana could take in $3 billion less than expected during the last two months of fiscal year 2020—which ends June 30—and fiscal year 2021.
State unemployment rate soared to 16.9% in April amid coronavirus crisis
The staggering increase in Indiana’s jobless rate—which now is higher than the national rate—was due primarily to the loss of 380,500 workers in the private sector over the previous month.
More evidence emerges on why COVID-19 is so much worse than the flu
Researchers who examined the lungs of patients killed by COVID-19 found evidence that it attacks the lining of blood vessels there, a critical difference from the lungs of people who died of the flu, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.
Eased orders mean DNR campgrounds, inns reopen Friday
All of Indiana’s state-operated inns, campgrounds and cabins and will reopen in time for the Memorial Day weekend as coronavirus restrictions are eased across much of Indiana, state officials said.
As nation reopens, a historic assessment of risk begins
As the federal government, states and individuals start to design their own “Is it worth it?” calculus, Americans are subjectively measuring the stakes and unavoidably helping to frame a national referendum on risk.
About half of Castleton Square’s stores now open, with safety protocols
The mall shopping experience is far different than it was before the pandemic began in March—and it’s likely to stay that way for a while.
Purdue faces second student lawsuit seeking refunds due to COVID-19
The case mirrors claims made in a suit the same attorneys filed last month against Indiana University in Monroe Circuit Court.
State reports rise in COVID-19 cases as testing hits another high mark
The state on Thursday said 202,995 people have been tested for the virus so far, up from 195,738 in Wednesday’s report—an increase of 7,257. That’s the first time daily testing has exceeded 7,000.
Another 2.4M file unemployment claims, including 30,311 in Indiana
Roughly 38.6 million people have now filed for jobless aid nationally since the coronavirus forced millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their workforces, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Pan Am hotel, convention deal could be finalized by late June
Project negotiations on the massive two-hotel and convention center expansion project were temporarily sidelined in March to allow the city time to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.