Marion County Remains At Yellow COVID-19 Advisory Level, Schools Get Risk Calculation Tool
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Indianapolis officials gave an update on COVID-19 this week. Marion County remains at a yellow advisory level with a 7-day average positivity rate of 15 percent among all tests. The county is experiencing a bump in cases after the holidays.
Officials addressed this week’s announcement that the NCAA plans to bring the entire men’s basketball tournament to Indiana. Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said it’s still too soon to know whether or not fans will be allowed to attend the games in Indianapolis.
“Our behavior now, our behavior today determines our public health environment tomorrow,” Hogsett said.
Jan 8, 2021 / 11:09 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Indiana Pacers fans can soon again enjoy a game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, the team announced Friday.
A limited number of tickets for home games beginning Jan. 24 through March 4 will be made available for sale to the general public. The tickets will go on sale online on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
The tickets can be purchased at Pacers.com, BankersLifeFieldhouse.com, and in-person at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse Box Office on weekdays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
About 1,000 tickets per game will be sold to the general public through Jan. 25. Gradual increases to capacity will be considered following Jan. 25.
Caine also said that all schools must report COVID-19 cases, for both staff and students, to the Marion County Health Department within 24 hours of learning of a positive case.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
ISDH update
The Indiana State Department of Health reports 7,344 new COVID-19 cases. That brings to 546,499 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus.
The state also reported 81 additional deaths for a total of 8,452 since the pandemic began.
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