INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb extended an executive order telling Hoosiers to stay at home for the next two weeks, and extended the state’s emergency status until the end of the month.
The orders came as the state passed a milestone on Friday, with deaths from COVID-19 topping 100 in the previous 24-hour period, with an anticipated surge of cases just beginning and its peak believed to still be weeks away.
The order means for at least the next two weeks, Indiana residents are asked to remain at least 6 feet apart from others who they don’t live with and are asked to avoid trips outside their home except to pick up needed food and supplies.
Holcomb hinted that even stronger restrictions may be coming next week when asked by reporters at a Friday press conference if stricter rules in Decatur County and Marion County were being considered for the whole state.
After telling Hoosiers they need to “hunker down” at home for another two weeks, Holcomb said “there will be tweaks on Monday.”
For more on this story, see Saturday’s Republic.
