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Dozens of Indiana schools are struggling to stay open as growing numbers of coronavirus infections and related quarantines exacerbate a preexisting statewide teacher and substitute shortage. As of last Monday, 1,755 schools across the state have reported at least one positive case of COVID-19, according to the Indiana State Department of Health’s weekly data update. That brings the statewide total...

State health officials have released a first look at Indiana’s plan for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine, whenever one becomes available.

Northwest Indiana, as well as the state as a whole, reported record-breaking average caseloads Monday as positivity rates continued to rise sharply. The state is averaging more than 1,100 cases daily, which is 65% higher than the level Indiana reached when the virus saw its first peak in early May, an NBC 5 Investigates analysis found. In Northwest Indiana, which…

 A northwestern Indiana city wants to install a facial recognition video network camera system downtown in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus. The step comes as state health officials on Friday added 13 more COVID-19 deaths to the state’s pandemic toll. The newly recorded deaths raise the state’s death toll to 3,656, including confirmed and presumed coronavirus...

Indiana health officials reported 1,282 new coronavirus cases and 10 additional deaths attributed to the virus Friday.

College students who test positive for the coronavirus should quarantine on campus and not be sent to their hometowns, according to one of the country’s leading infectious disease experts. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Indiana health officials reported 452 new cases of coronavirus Friday, along with 16 additional deaths as the state enters its next phase of reopening.

Indiana health officials reported 449 new cases of coronavirus Thursday, along with 25 additional deaths one day before the state enters its next phase of reopening.

Indiana health officials reported 339 new cases of coronavirus Wednesday, along with 15 additional deaths.

Indiana health officials reported 430 new cases of coronavirus Tuesday, along with 23 additional deaths. According to the Indiana State Department of Health, a total of 38,033 residents have now contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began. As of Tuesday, the death toll statewide stands at 2,158. An additional 181 deaths are being classified as “probable” coronavirus-related deaths. In the last…

Indiana health officials reported 244 new cases of coronavirus Monday, along with 14 additional deaths. According to the Indiana State Department of Health, a total of 37,623 residents have now contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began. As of Monday, the death toll statewide stands at 2,135. An additional 181 deaths are being classified as “probably” coronavirus-related deaths. In the last…

Coronavirus cases are now expected to surge in early to mid-May in most of Indiana, State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box said Monday. Dr. Box said, however, she expects Marion County — the county including the state capital of Indianapolis, and the state’s most populous one — to see its surge of cases starting in late April. State…