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Coronavirus

Indiana tracks coronavirus cases weeks before 1st confirmed

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s first coronavirus infections occurred at least a couple weeks before the first illness for a resident was confirmed in early March, the state health commissioner said Wednesday. That would indicate the virus could have been spreading around Indiana for perhaps ...

Indiana meat plant closing after workers contract virus

LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) — Tyson Foods Inc. announced Wednesday that it will temporarily close its meatpacking plant in north-central Indiana after 146 employees tested positive for cornavirus. The Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Logansport produced 3 million pounds of pork daily. Tyson suspended ...

Boys & Girls Clubs to distribute health-care packets

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne has formed the Healthy Habits Care Packets program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, a partnership between the Boys & Girls Clubs, Fort Wayne UNITED and Save A Lot stores, will distribute 1,000 care packets with health care ...

Indiana tops 700 virus deaths, 500,000 job losses

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s coronavirus death toll has topped 700 people in about five weeks with 45 additional fatalities announced Thursday by state health officials. More than half of the newly recorded COVID-19 deaths occurred Tuesday or Wednesday, but they dated as far back as April ...

Latest COVID-19 death is county’s 32nd, with 350 total cases

Another Allen County resident has died from COVID-19 and 11 have tested positive, bringing the total to 350 cases and 32 deaths as of Wednesday. Updates to positive cases and deaths in Allen County are found at the top of the department’s COVID-19 webpage at ...