Indiana, awaiting virus peak, sees biggest 1-day death toll

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana is reporting 34 new coronavirus deaths, marking the state’s largest single-day jump in the toll, and health officials are warning that the worst is yet to come. Health officials on Tuesday reported 568 new cases of COVID-19, increasing the state’s total cases to more than 5,500. Indiana has reported 173 deaths in total. State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box says Indiana’s coronavirus deaths have not peaked and compared those deaths that have happened since March 10 to the average number of people who die of flu in Indiana every year, which is about 150 over a seven-month period.