After scaling back coronavirus testing last month, Indiana is ramping back up.
Indiana is redeploying National Guard troops who helped nursing homes at the height of the pandemic last winter.
Troops will assist local health departments with testing.
State health commissioner Kris Box says the state department is returning staffers to testing duty, and says she expects to announce a deal next month with an outside group to expand testing further in October.
The number of tests has doubled in three weeks as the Delta variant gains momentum.
Nearly 46,000 tests were reported on Tuesday, the biggest one-day total in four months.
That’s led to long and frustrating wait times.
