As COVID-19 cases continue to surge across the state, some counties are tailoring public health messages to resonate with residents. Scott County officials say direct communication with communities has been key to helping curb the virus spread.

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.

Dozens of Indiana schools are struggling to stay open as growing numbers of coronavirus infections and related quarantines exacerbate a preexisting statewide teacher and substitute shortage.

A statement from the Mayor's office said the mayor and his wife, Steph, received tests administered by Marion County Public Health Department.

Since April, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act has let parents take up to 10 weeks of paid leave if their child care provider or school closed for in-person instruction. That expires Dec. 31.

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.

This will be the first Artists Sunday campaign. It was founded by professional photographer Christopher Sherman, who has been working on the event for the past year.

Purdue University plans to reward its faculty and staff with a $750 bonus for their "heroic work" keeping the West Lafayette campus open during the coronavirus pandemic, school officials announced Wednesday.

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.