(La Porte County, IN) - COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, but it’s not nearly as big of a problem as it was several months ago.

Dr. Vidya Kora, a medical practitioner in Michigan City, said the number of hospitalizations remains very low. He said the vaccines and medications treating the virus are doing an excellent job in keeping a vast majority of people from becoming very sick.

“Considering where we were a couple of years ago with the pandemic, I think we have come a long way with COVID,” Kora said.

According to the Indiana State Department of Health, the seven-day average number of confirmed cases in La Porte County is 21.