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Indiana reports its first case of the COVID-19 variant omicron. Epidemiologists and hospitals sound the alarm as hospitalizations rise across the state.

Indiana added 16,740 new cases in the last seven days – putting the state back to early August numbers.

Indiana’s COVID-19 cases are slowly declining as experts say the U.S. has hit its peak for the delta variant. The state is opening booster shots to certain groups of Hoosiers who received the Pfizer vaccine.

The Centers For Disease Control’s COVID data tracker is reporting that all of Indiana’s 92 counties fall into the “red” level for transmission of the coronavirus– indicating high levels of community spread.

While the total count of breakthrough cases have more than tripled since the beginning of August, the data suggests vaccines are still limiting severe illness and deaths.

Monroe County's public information officer said now that Indiana University students are back for fall classes, their mitigation testing could lower the county positivity rate.