for 14 days." "the state retains the ability to test all hoosiers who are covid-19 symptomatic, as well as healthcare workers, essential workers, first responders, and others as delineated on the isdh website." "the state retains its surge capacity for critical care beds and ventilators." "health officials have systems in place to contact all individuals who test positive for covid-19 and complete contact tracing." june 2020 on june 3, governor holcomb issued executive order 20–30, extending the public health disaster emergency declaration to july 4. august 2020 a variable-message sign over interstate 69 in fishers displays information about how to protect oneself from covid-19, august 22, 2020. a sign in dunns bridge county park, warning people against gathering in violation of governor holcomb's order. not long after public schools reopened (for the first time since march), one student and one school staff member tested positive for covid-19. the student tested positive on the first day of class. the student was isolated in the school clinic under the "positive covid-19 test protocol". nurses began contact tracing procedures. under the protocol, close contacts are expected to quarantine for 14 days before they can return to school. staff and students who test positive can return to school after a 10-day isolation period if they have been non-symptomatic for 72 hours. between august 8 and august 25, the university of notre dame had a total of 408 confirmed positive cases. one of notre dame's student newspapers, the observer, published a front-page editorial titled, "don't make us write obituaries". in-person classes for undergraduates were canceled for two weeks. students were not sent home. on august 20, purdue university suspended a cooperative house and 36 students for attending an off-campus party. september 2020 on september 1, 30 out of 40 fraternities and sororities at indiana university bloomington were quarantined. the test positivity rate was 8.1% among students living in fraternity and sorority housing, and 1.63% among students living in residence halls. an outbreak of 14 cases was announced at wabash college. the number of confirmed cases at notre dame was 577. on september 2, notre dame had put security personnel at its off-campus covid-19 quarantine and isolation sites, because some students had been leaving their quarantine locations. classes resumed at notre dame, with the goal of phasing in all classes for in-person instruction by september 7. indiana university recommended that all 40 greek life houses be closed. january 2021 on january 11, a confirmed case of a new, more contagious sars-cov-2 variant from the united kingdom was reported in indiana. july 2021 as of july 29, indiana's vaccination rate was only 44%, far short of the 70 to 85 percent needed to slow transmission. on july 20, us district judge damon r. leichty upheld an indiana university policy requiring that students receive covid-19 vaccinations by august 15, if they wished to return to campus for the fall semester. the delta variant accounted for 86.7% of positive tests in indiana during july. hospitals reported 33% of icu beds and 78% of ventilators were available, compared with 41% icu beds and 41% ventilators in april 2020. august 2021 on august 12, justice amy coney barrett denied a challenge directed to her in regard to indiana university's vaccine mandate, with no noted dissent from the other justices. this marked the first legal test of covid-19 vaccine mandates before the supreme court. impact on sports main article: impact of the covid-19 pandemic on sports national basketball association on march 12, the national basketball association announced the season would be suspended for 30 days, affecting the indiana pacers. on june 4, the nba announced a preliminary plan to restart the season on july 31 with 22 teams, including the pacers, playing all the remaining games at walt disney world resort. teams would also practice and be housed there for the remainder of the season. women's national basketball association on june 15, the women's national basketball association announced plans to start the delayed 2020 season in late july, playing a 22-game season followed by traditional playoffs at img academy in bradenton, florida. under the plan, all wnba teams (including the indiana fever) would practice and be housed at img academy for the entire season and would play all games without fans in attendance. national collegiate athletic association on march 12, the national collegiate athletic association, headquartered in indianapolis, canceled all winter and spring tournaments, most notably the division i men's and women's basketball tournaments, affecting colleges and universities statewide. the announcement came as men's basketball teams from michigan and rutgers were warming up on-court at bankers life fieldhouse for the third game of the big ten men's basketball tournament. auto racing on march 26, the indycar series announced that the 2020 indianapolis 500 would be held on august 24, 2020—marking the first time since the race resumed in 1946, after the conclusion of world war ii, that it was not held on memorial day weekend. indianapolis motor speedway's road course race, the gmr grand prix, was held on july 4, 2020, during the nascar cup series' brickyard 400 race weekend, as part of a double-header with the nascar xfinity series' pennzoil 150, all of them held behind closed doors. indycar had delayed the start of the 2020 season due to the pandemic. new indycar and ims owner roger penske disclosed in june that he preferred the 500 to be run with spectators in attendance (in order to showcase renovations made to the facility after he took ownership), and that he would be open to postponing the event to october if it cannot be held with fans in august. on june 26, indycar announced that the 500 would be held in august with spectators, with capacity capped at half. on august 4, the ims announced that the race will be held without spectators. indiana high school athletic association on april 2, the indiana high school athletic association announced the cancellation of all spring sports tournament series events for the 2019–20 school year. this decision ultimately ended the big eight conference prematurely. impact on other events on march 20, governor holcomb issued executive order 20–07, postponing the 2020 indiana primary election, originally scheduled for may 5, to june 2. on may 19, gen con organizers cancelled the 2020 gen con, converting 2020 registrations into registrations for gen con 2021 on august 5–8, 2021. on june 4, the indiana state fair was cancelled, having originally been scheduled for august 7 to august 23.