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Indiana schools have consistently experienced a spike in COVID-19 cases following the holidays, and this January has been no exception.
On Jan. 11, 11 days after New Year’s Eve, there were 426 new positive COVID-19 student cases in Indiana, according to the Indiana COVID-19 Dashboard and Map.
Similar spikes occurred on Dec. 7, 11 days after Thanksgiving when there were 611 new positive student cases and on Nov. 9, 9 days after Halloween when there were 715 new positive student cases.
These statistics come from the 2,072 Indiana schools that have chosen to report their COVID-19 data to the state. 296 schools have yet to report this information.