(Indianapolis, IN) - Governor Holcomb has announced that all K-12 schools across the state will remain closed through the end of the school year.

In-classroom instruction had already been stopped through April 30, but the announcement means e-learning will continue through the end of the academic year.

The announcement comes on the same day Indiana reported 474 new cases of novel coronavirus and 13 additional deaths associated with the illness, according to the state's health department.

The new positive test results bring the state’s total number of confirmed cases to 3,039 with 78 deaths since the pandemic began.