In the last week, 1,452 new COVID-19 cases were recorded among K-12 students in the state -- four times more than the previous week, according to Monday's update posted on the Indiana Department of Health's coronavirus dashboard.

The Indiana Department of Health reports more than 300 COVID-19 cases early in the school year. The state surpasses 3 million fully vaccinated, as new cases surpass 3,000 in a day for the first time since January. Gov. Eric Holcomb maintains that he will not reimpose restrictions.

Scott County School District 1 went virtual just one week into the new school year, citing an explosive outbreak of COVID-19 cases among students.

Indiana surpassed 3 million fully vaccinated Hoosiers Friday. The milestone comes as the state sees a slight uptick -- a little less than double -- in the weekly average of Hoosiers getting their initial shot.

Indiana is reporting more cases per day of COVID-19 than any time since January, when the state’s vaccine rollout began.

This is the first time since late-January -- the beginning of Indiana's vaccine rollout -- the state has reported this many cases in a single day.

The Tippecanoe School Corporation's optional mask policy for students remained in place after the school board heard hours of public comment from a packed room of parents at a board meeting Wednesday.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday refused to block a plan by Indiana University to require students and employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Across Indiana and the country, each school district is faced with important decisions on COVID-19 safety protocols. But misinformation, politics and emotions are sometimes getting in the way, leaving parents and school officials with confusing, mixed messages.

Nearly 1,300 Hoosiers were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Tuesday, according to the most recent data released by the state health department. Of those, 305 were in intensive care, the most since Feb. 5.