INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Almost one in six of Indiana’s COVID-19 infections during the pandemic have been confirmed in the past week as the state’s daily average of coronavirus deaths has reached its highest level following a steep increase since September. The Indiana Department of Health’s daily update on Thursday reported 59 more coronavirus deaths occurring over the past several days. Those raised the state’s seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 deaths to 43 per day, passing the previous peak in late April. The state was averaging about 10 daily deaths in late September when the current surge of new infections and hospitalizations began. The state’s moving seven-day average of new infections is about seven times higher than in September when Gov.

Source: Daily Sun November 19, 2020 18:22 UTC