INDIANAPOLIS Indiana public health officials announced 919 new COVID-19 cases and 16 additional deaths on Wednesday.
Overall, 12,482 Indiana residents have died from COVID-19 and 674,430 have contracted it since the start of the pandemic.
Health officials say the latest recorded seven-day positive COVID-19 test rate in the state is 3.1%. Health officials say there have been more than 8.5 million tests administered.
Indiana attorney general defends governor s mask order power
Indiana s attorney general s is vigorously defending Gov. Eric Holcomb s emergency powers in response to a restaurant s lawsuit challenging his order that masks must be worn inside restaurants to stem the spread of the coronavirus.