Ivy Tech has a goal to admit 600 more nursing students each year by 2025.

At a news conference on Tuesday, Riley Children’s Health chief medical officer Dr. Elaine Cox said about four times as many children are being admitted to Riley Hospital now than at any other point in the pandemic.

IU Health’s 16 hospitals across the state are at 120 percent capacity, with more than 2,000 patients. The U.S. Navy has been called in to help at IU Methodist in Indianapolis.

The first national guard team arrived in Muncie Wednesday, and other IU Health hospitals are expecting them in the coming days.

Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Indiana is one of four states with the largest surges in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

IU Health announced in June that it would require all doctors, nurses, and other employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 1.

On Tuesday, IU Health Ball in Muncie was treating 104 COVID-19 positive patients, occupying approximately 40 percent of the hospital's beds.

All IU Health inpatient elective surgeries and procedures will be suspended starting Sept. 6.

The Indiana Hospital Association said the state's health system is strained by the delta variant's spread at a time when Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracking shows Indiana has the country's 15th lowest rate of residents fully vaccinated.

Downtown Indianapolis commuters will see temporary street and lane closings around the Methodist Hospital campus.