GOSHEN — Elkhart County Health Officer Bethany Wait urged caution Friday following reports that the county’s steady decline in positive COVID-19 cases in recent weeks appears to have stalled somewhat over the past week.
Nearly one year after the first COVID-19 case was identified in Indiana, more than one-third of the state’s population qualifies for the COVID-19 vaccine.
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana at 2:30 this afternoon. You can watch the livestream here.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health will hold mass COVID-19 mass vaccination events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, University of Notre Dame and Ivy Tech Community College and has also dropped the eligibility age to 55.
GOSHEN — Meijer has been granted the green light to begin vaccinations throughout its stores in Indiana this week.
INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosiers who are homebound and want a COVID-19 vaccination can register for the Homebound Hoosiers vaccination program.
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana at 2:30 this afternoon. Watch it live here.
Inclement weather across the United States has impacted the delivery of vaccines to states. Local health officers have their fingers crossed vaccines will arrive in the nick of time.
GOSHEN — While Elkhart County’s COVID-19 positivity rate has been dropping in recent weeks, K-12 school-sponsored events and extracurricular activities in the county will not be seeing any changes to their current virus mitigation policies, at least for the time being.
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana at 2:30 this afternoon. You can watch that briefing here.
GOSHEN — While keeping COVID-19 restrictions in place until at least 70% of the adult population has been vaccinated is the general goal of the local medical community, Elkhart County Health Officer Bethany Wait noted Friday that it’s possible the county’s restrictions could be lifted prior …
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INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana at 2:30 this afternoon. Watch it here.
State officials will continue to prioritize elderly Hoosiers and those with comorbidities for the COVID-19 vaccine, as announced in the weekly press conference.
Up until recently, Elkhart County had three locations to get vaccines: the health department, Goshen Hospital and Elkhart General Hospital. Recently, two more were added: Maple City Health/Vista in Goshen and Heart City Health in Elkhart.
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana at 2:30 this afternoon. View the briefing here.
Elkhart County is expected to move to level yellow on the Indiana Department of Health’s metrics map today.
Elkhart, Noble, LaGrange, Kosciusko, St. Joseph and Marshall counties are all now at level orange on the Indiana Department of Health’s metrics map.
The Elkhart County Health Department recently received permission from the Indiana Department of Health to have a mobile vaccination clinic. The first one is Saturday.
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana at 2:30 this afternoon. You can watch that update live here.
ELKHART — Dr. Michelle Bache, vice president of medical affairs for Elkhart General Hospital, said in a recorded interview Friday that COVID-19 rates have dropped significantly at EGH, about 60%, since November.
ALBION — With Noble County moving to level red on the Indiana Department of Health’s metrics map, the Noble County Health Department announced new countywide restrictions.
GOSHEN — The Indiana Department of Health opened up vaccinations to those 70 and older Wednesday.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health today announced that a new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 has been identified in Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS — High interest in COVID-19 vaccines has caused slowdowns to the state’s vaccine registration site and 211 system, but both systems are working, according to information provided by the Indiana State Department of Health.
INDIANAPOLIS — State officials announced Wednesday that vaccine allocation would prioritize those most at risk for hospitalization and death from COVID-19, starting with those ages 80 and older.
GOSHEN — Vaccinations for those age 80 and older could begin as early as today across the state. In Elkhart, LaGrange and Noble counties, vaccinations will likely begin Monday at local health department sites.
More than 22,400 people in Elkhart County had contracted COVID-19 by late December and another 310 had died.
GOSHEN — At the beginning of 2020, Shirley Myers was excited to join a new euchre group at Courtyard Healthcare Center of Goshen. But then COVID-19 sent Courtyard and other long-term care facilities into lockdown.
Indiana set a single-day record of newly reported COVID-19 deaths following the Christmas holiday and a backlog of weekend reporting, state health officials said Tuesday.
INDIANAPOLIS — Some Hoosiers could expect to see the benefits of the latest stimulus package as soon as next week, when stimulus checks may appear in bank accounts.
INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana at 2:30 this afternoon. Watch here.
GOSHEN — In the first two days, Goshen Health administered the COVID-19 vaccination to 561 people, with another 222 scheduled to be completed today. Plus, the organization has already received its second shipment of the vaccine.
GOSHEN — Goshen Community Schools’ students in grades seven through 12 will continue with Course V, all virtual school, until Jan. 19.
GOSHEN — In nearly freezing temperatures, people stood bundled up and fired up Friday to protest what they see as government overreach in requiring the use of face masks.
GOSHEN — A push on the sleeve. A quick stick. The application of a Band-Aid. It was all over.
Editor's note: Since this story was published, the event's title, originally supplied to The Goshen News by an organizer as "Stop The Mask Rally in Elkhart County" is now "Stop the Mask Mandate Rally." The article and headline have been changed to reflect this.
GOSHEN — The Elkhart County Health Department will begin educating businesses and entities today about compliance with the countywide COVID-19 mitigation ordinance passed Nov. 30.
INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana at 2:30 this afternoon. You can watch the briefing here, with the livestream going active at 2:15 p.m.
ELKHART — On Monday night, the Elkhart City Council adopted an ordinance that will allow them to enact fines on businesses and entities that fail to follow the COVID mandates issued by the Elkhart County Health Department and commissioners in November.
GOSHEN — While the city’s COVID-19 health fine ordinance may be stuck in limbo, Goshen’s mayor says plans are already in the works for moving forward with a focused education initiative aimed at improving local business compliance with county COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
GOSHEN — The COVID-19 pandemic, emboldened locally by a recent surge in cases, continues to fray front and support lines as hospitals in Elkhart County scramble to fill growing staffing needs.
LAGRANGE — LaGrange County has been sitting at level red on the Indiana State Department of Health’s county metrics map for several weeks.
GOSHEN — City officials Thursday announced that due to a mix-up connected to a rarely used state statute, the ordinance voted on by Goshen City Council members Monday authorizing use of city staff to help enforce the county’s COVID-19 health fine law was not formally adopted as originally thought.
MISHAWAKA — St. Joseph Health System, in coordination with Beacon Health System, Goshen Health System and Eli Lilly and Co., has opened the Northern Indiana COVID Infusion Center for COVID therapies. Initially, the infusion center is offering the therapy bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) 700 mg, and …
GOSHEN — Elkhart County returned to red Wednesday.
INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box will host a virtual media briefing at 2:30 this afternoon to provide updates on COVID-19 and its impact on Indiana.
GOSHEN — Students in grades seven through 12 at Goshen Community Schools will continue in Course V or virtual classes through the holidays.
GOSHEN — Goshen Hospital is looking at receiving its first COVID-19 vaccine supply as early as next week. The vaccines are coming at a time when the COVID-19 unit at the hospital is full with 42 patients.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus.
NEW PARIS [mdash] Delvin "Del" R. Slaubaugh, 77, visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Clinton Frame Church, 63846 C.R. 35, Goshen. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday also at the church. Miller-Stewart Funeral Home, Middlebury.
LAGRANGE [mdash] Albert H. Schwartz, 83, visitation is scheduled after 1:00 p.m. on Sunday at the family's residence, 2025 W. 450 S. LaGrange. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Monday also at the family's residence. Miller-Stewart Funeral Home, Middlebury.
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