IN
Officials: 2 new COVID-19 cases in Indiana, state now has 4
State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box confirmed the two new cases at a news conference in Avon, just west of Indianapolis.
Author: Associated Press
Published: 4:14 PM EDT March 9, 2020
Updated: 4:16 PM EDT March 9, 2020
INDIANAPOLIS — Two additional cases of the new coronavirus have been diagnosed in Indiana, bringing the state’s COVID-19 tally to four, officials said Monday.
A student who attends Hickory Elementary School in the suburban Indianapolis county of Hendricks County has a presumptive confirmed case of COVID-19, said Kandi Jamison, director of public health nursing with the county’s health department.
Officials planned a Monday afternoon news conference on that case. But Avon Community School Corporation canceled Monday’s classes closed all district schools until March 20, at which time the district’s spring break will be underway. Classes will resume on April 6.
A case of COVID-19 has also been diagnosed in a person at Parkview Noble Hospital in northeastern Indiana’s Noble County, the office of U.S. Rep. Jim Banks said Monday.
MO
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com) — Bayer told its employees Sunday that an employee at the Creve Coeur site is being tested for coronavirus by the Missouri Department of Health.