The state of Indiana will close out 2020 in a state of emergency.
On Tuesday, the office of Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that Holcomb had signed an executive order extending the public health emergency first declared in March through at least Dec. 31.
Executive Order 20-02, which was first issued by Holcomb on March 6 alongside the announcement of the state’s first confirmed case, declared a public health emergency to ensure the state receives additional funding if needed.
That order has now been extended nine times, and Indiana has been under a public health emergency for 270 days.
Click here to read the full story from Justin L. Mack in the South Bend Tribune.
The news comes on the same day that Indiana health officials reported 5,518 new cases of the coronavirus and 142 new deaths.
Tuesday’s additional deaths are the most reported in any single day to date.