The Indiana State Department of Health added 7,793 confirmed COVID-19 cases to the state's total Saturday, raising it to 375,019. The new cases were recorded Aug. 20 - Dec. 4. It also added 78 COVID-19 deaths to the state's total, bringing it to 5,910. The deaths occurred Nov. 26 - Dec. 4.

Gov. Eric Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana.

Indiana has the sixth-highest rate in the country when it comes to new lung cancer cases, according to the recent State of Lung Cancer 2020 report by the American Lung Association.

Drug manufacturers have released promising early results for their COVID-19 vaccines, but skepticism among Americans remains high -- especially for African Americans, who the virus has hit harder than other groups.

The Indiana State Department of Health reported 378 additional confirmed deaths over the last week the most reported in a single week during the pandemic. That brings the states total to 5,418 confirmed deaths. ISDH also reported nearly 38,000 new cases in the last week.

A spike from Thanksgiving would likely show up in the states COVID-19 data a couple weeks after the holiday.

According to the latest update from the Fairbanks School of Public Health's statewide COVID-19 study, more than 700,000 Hoosiers have been infected with COVID-19 at some point.

All but one of Indiana's counties are listed in the moderate and highest-risk categories of coronavirus spread as Wednesday's update from state health officials.

More than 5,000 Hoosiers have now died from COVID-19. While state officials have tried to slow the spread of the virus, some health experts say it wasn't enough.

In a statement, the state's largest teachers union said it wants the governor to require all schools to report COVID-19 case data to the state.