COVID-19 pandemic

The Indiana State Department of Health reported 67 additional confirmed deaths over the last week, bringing the state’s total to 3,281. The state announced more than 111,000 total confirmed cases – including two days with more than 1,000 reported cases – and more than 1.3 million Hoosiers tested.

  One more Allen County resident has died of COVID-19, bringing the total to 198. Sixty-five new cases were diagnosed.

Statewide, there are 1,497 new cases reported, but the Indiana State Department of Health attributes that number to a 462-case correction in lab reporting data. Seventeen new deaths were reported.

Steuben County reported 13 new positive cases, Kosciusko County eight, and Noble County five.

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly announced Wednesday its COVID-19 antibody drug is showing results in reducing hospitalizations from the virus. This is the company’s first data to be reported on mild to moderate cases but still needs to be reviewed by peers.

More than $61 million in federal funding from the CARES Act is making its way into Indiana schools to support remote learning needs.

Indiana’s state health commissioner said she believes there is a safe way that Hoosiers can enjoy Halloween this fall amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Gov. Eric Holcomb said he talked with the presidents of Purdue and Indiana University ahead of the decision to resume Big Ten football this fall.

Researchers say extra money from the U.S. government helped many people rise out of poverty, even during the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. But now much of that stimulus is gone and poverty is rising again.

Twelve new deaths were reported statewide from COVID-19, according to the Indiana State Department of Health.

One more death was reported in DeKalb County, and another in Allen County, bringing those counties’ fatality totals to 10 and 197, respectively.

Allen County reported another 38 positive tests on Wednesday. Kosciusko County reported six new cases, and Steuben County reported four.

Big Ten football will resume next month after the season was postponed in August over concerns about COVID-19.

A veteran’s hospital in Indianapolis received federal violations for failing to protect its employees from COVID-19. It’s one of the few workplaces in the country to receive a virus-related citation from workplace safety inspectors.