State health officials express optimism with COVID-19

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State health officials expressed optimism during today's covid-19 briefing.

Indiana's positivity rate is at 3 point 1 percent... and hospital admissions are down to 75 per day news 10's dominic miranda sat in on the weekly update this afternoon.

He joins us now live in our newsroom with an update on the vaccine rollout in the hoosier state.

Dr. lindsay weaver said today... indiana received its 2 millionth dose of the vaccine this week.

She outlined indiana's plan moving forward with covid-19 vaccine rollout efforts.

[take pkg incue: during the next outcue: **bite** year old age group duration:0:59] pk} during the next 3 weeks... there will be 3 more mass vaccination sites open to hoosiers.

Dr. weaver says the state will also deploy mobile vaccine units beginning on march 22nd.

This is for hoosier counties that are overwhelmed with vaccine appointments.

Over the past couple of weeks... the state has opened up vaccine eligibility to hoosiers who have specific conditions putting them at a higher risk of death due to covid-19.

Dr. weaver said on wednesday that that list has expanded.

You can see the different conditions on your screen.

Additionally... starting monday eligibility in the state of indiana will open statewide to educators and support staff.

Dr. weaver says this is per direction from the whitehouse.

She says she is pleased with the direction indiana is heading... and eligibility expansion is on the horizon.

"after we make this group eligibile, we will continue to expand access to the vaccine as quickly as supplies permit.

Our plan is to next open eligibility incrementally to the 40-49 year old age group."

Dr. weaver says the state was notified that it would be receiving an additional 16 thousand doses of the pfizer vaccine... however... indiana is still unsure when another shipment of the johnson and johnson vaccine will become available.

Those doses are being allotted to the mass vaccination sites in the coming weeks.

Reporting live in the newsroom i'm dominic miranda news 10