Many of the new COVID-19 cases across the state are trending back to the 18- to 30-year-old group, Indiana State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box said during a Wednesday news conference.

As COVID-19 numbers continue to surge across the state, more hospitals are forced to send non-emergency patients elsewhere. But that doesnt mean local hospitals will stop caring for patients needing urgent care.

State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box said the percentage of cases among 18- to 30-year-olds is rising a troubling sign, she said, as colleges prepare to send students home for break.

Indiana lawmakers won't be taking quick action to undercut public health orders that Gov. Eric Holcomb has issued over the past nine months of the coronavirus pandemic, top Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday.

According to a statement released Wednesday, Roswarski received his positive test results around 5 p.m. Tuesday. He will remain at home in quarantine for the next two weeks.

Nearly a quarter of Indiana's counties are now listed in the highest-risk category of coronavirus spread as Wednesdays update from the state health department showed a 60 percent increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations in just two weeks.

Indiana health care workers say they're no longer the front line of attack in the fight against COVID-19 they're the last line of defense as spread of the virus worsens.

The St. Joseph County Commissioners passed an ordinance Tuesday allowing the county health department to fine businesses violating the order between $50 and $250 for each day that the business remains out of compliance.

Allen County became the latest local government in Indiana to impose such restrictions because of the pandemic after Indianapolis and Gary issued similar restrictions.

Indiana lawmakers will take the first formal steps toward their 2021 session when they gather at the Statehouse on Tuesday for the Legislature's organizational meetings.