Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is set to outline the state’s upcoming COVID-19 actions with a speech one year after he issued the statewide stay-at-home order during the early days of the coronavirus spread across the country.
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Holcomb said last week he would talk during the Tuesday evening speech about vaccine distribution and further lifting of restrictions around the state.
The stay-at-home order was lifted after six weeks, but complaints from the public and some conservative state legislators have continued about the face mask mandate that Holcomb first issued in July. Holcomb’s current order continuing the mask mandate and crowd restrictions in counties based on the risk of coronavirus spread is set to expire April 1.
Indiana’s coronavirus hospitalizations and death rates have fallen by more than 80% since their December peaks. Despite that improvement, Indiana is still averaging about 10 coronavirus-related deaths per day and health officials have continued urging mask wearing and social distancing amid concerns about more contagious coronavirus variants. The state health department reports only 18% of Indiana residents 16 and older have been fully vaccinated.
Indiana has recorded nearly 13,000 coronavirus deaths, which were the main cause of a 16% increase in statewide deaths in 2020 from the year before.
