Indiana officials say the state expects to get about 55,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine next week, with further amounts still unknown.

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

Nearly a quarter of Indiana's counties are now listed in the highest-risk category of coronavirus spread as Wednesdays update from the state health department showed a 60 percent increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations in just two weeks.

The Indiana State Department of Health reported Thursday its 4,000th death since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. After a late summer lull, the rate has picked up as cases have increased.

The Indiana State Department of Health's daily update of its coronavirus dashboard showed 1,548 Hoosiers are currently hospitalized with the coronavirus, the most since May 5. Of those, 434 are in intensive care, which is the most since May 17.

The 2,880 new infections reported by the Indiana State Department of Health topped the 2,521 new infections the agency reported Saturday that had been Indiana's daily high of newly reported cases.

The Indiana State Department of Health released its interim draft on Tuesday and -- similar to other states -- will follow a phased approach. The department says the first recipients of a COVID-19 vaccine will be healthcare workers.

Indianas State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box is in quarantine after she and members of her family tested positive for COVID-19.

Unveiled on the state health department's website last week, the new dashboard reflects the new and cumulative numbers of positive COVID-19 cases among students, teachers and other workers in a given school.

Indiana's largest teachers union says the state's new COVID-19 dashboard for schools a critical step to fight misinformation.