Indiana is gearing up to increase the availability of COVID-19 tests in response to significantly higher demand.
The state is in the midst of another COVID-19 surge. The delta variant of the virus has contributed to a more than 400 percent increase in the average number of new cases per day over the last month. In that same time, however, average new tests have only gone up by less than 200 percent.
Indiana shuttered its state-run OptumServe testing sites after June. Gov. Eric Holcomb said he’s gotten reports that people are now having to wait hours to get tested.
“I’m actually, on the other hand, encouraged that people are going to get tested,” Holcomb said.
The state is calling up National Guard members to help local health departments. State health employees are being re-tasked to testing.
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