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NEW: Indiana Updates COVID-19 Map, Three Local Counties In Blue

Indiana Dept. of Health

The latest map from the Indiana Dept. of Health shows no red or orange. All Hoosier counties are in blue (the best designation on the color-coded map) or in yellow (the next best color designation.) 

In the WVPE listening area, LaPorte, Starke and Kosciusko counties are in blue. 

St. Joseph, Elkhart, LaGrange, Marshall, Fulton and Pulaski counties are in yellow. 

57 cases of the UK variant have been detected in Indiana according to Indiana Health Commissioner,Dr. Kris Box. A case was just found in Elkhart County.

Box says the state is working to make the vaccine available to everyone age 16 and over by May 1 to meet the Biden administration's target. However, she says a lot is based on how much vaccine the state gets. 

She says the state is 17th in population in the U.S., but is getting far less vaccine than it should base don population. IN spite of that, she says the state is expecting to get a greater supply of the vaccine beginning the last week of March. 

The state has also created a list of sites around the state that typically have plenty of vaccination appointments available. Included on that list is St. Hedwig Memorial Center in South Bend. 

Gov. Holcomb says he will deliver a statewide address regarding COVID-19 on Mar. 23 at 5:30pm.

Elkhart County will be included in one of the state's first mobile vaccination unit efforts. The county was among the sites chosen based on a social vulnerability index and the rate of vaccine uptake. Officials also looked at areas that don't have as many vaccination sites or have harder-to-reach populations. Officials say more information on this will be available as early as Thursday on the state health department's COVID-19 website. 

In terms of vaccinating younger people, Dr. Box says she hopes to get shots in the arms of college students before they finish the semester in May. As for younger people she hopes school-aged kids could be vaccinated before they head back to school in the fall. She thinks even younger populations like babies will be toward the end of 2021. 

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