The number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state is going down, but Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box says it is what all state Health Departments around Indiana are seeing as of late.
During Governor Eric Holcomb’s press briefing Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Box addressed that topic.
“I’m going to continue to encourage Hoosiers that are symptomatic or are close contacts if they have concerns that they get tested because I think that’s very important,” said Dr. Box. “We do have many of our universities and colleges back in session so I do have concerns that we’ll start to see more exposure and more potential cases out there in our younger age group again.”
Governor Holcomb said it is common to see the number of tests fluctuate.
“The bottom line is we have the capacity to test more. We’ll continue to communicate, but it’s not like we’ve pulled back capacity to test. It’s just the opposite, quite frankly. It does kind of ebb and flow through the week and we’ll be tracking, to be sure, as more people get vaccinated. We’ll see a relationship between those two numbers as we go forward.”
Holcomb noted that 47,000 tests were done a few days ago, there were about 29,000 tests reported Tuesday, and Wednesday there were just over 54,000 tests in the state.
