Indiana COVID cases cause travel ban

Thanks for joining us.today the state announced more than 23-hundred additional hoosiers were diagnosed with covid- 19.this comes a few days after chicago adds indiana to their travel ban list.

Fox 55's jentill neal talked to people in fort wayne about if the numbers are alarming enough for them to scale back on regular activities.

Jentill?

Hunter, just days after chicago adds indiana to the travel ban, ohio does too... urging people not to travel between these states.some people were a little skeptical about the numbers but not the travel ban.

Due to indiana's growing number of cases... the state has been placed on a travel ban list for neighboring states this week.

In chicago, illinois and ohio.> 08:53:21-08:53:26"they're doing the right thing if they want to get it under control.

That's probably the right thing to do."today indiana reached the highest number of confirmed cases in a day with 23 hundred cases and 22 additional deaths.

Susan krise says everyone is doing what they want.>08:53:03-08:53:11 "everybody is going to go to the beat of their own drum and do what they feel is right.

There's some that wear masks.

There's some that don't."the state says this is the largest one day total since the pandemic started.since labor day and stage five, allen county health department says we could see a spike as people continue to gather saying cases can be traced back to weddings and parties here locally.katherine grepke says she doesn't plan on traveling and she's not staying in the house as cases increase.>08:56:25-08:56:25"we can not live in fear.

We have to live our lives.

That doesn't mean we can't be smart.

We don't have to be so petrified that we are afraid to leave our house."jesse campbell says everything will go as planned as far as holiday festivities with his son and family unless the state shuts down again.>"i would like to take him trick or treating his first time and thanksgiving we're planning on doing normal things, but if things get cancelled then of course that's out of my control."

Chicago and ohio are asking people to quarantine for 14 days if they are coming from indiana.

Reporting in the studio neal fox 55