IMPACTS AND TRENDS OF COVID-19 NATIONALLY

The COVID-19 pandemic started at the end of the year in 2019 with an announcement of the virus. In late January 2020, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported. During the next couple of months, several travel bans were imposed before declaring the pandemic a national emergency in March 2020. In March, the State of Indiana announced it would go into lockdown.

Stay-at-home orders were issued for all non-essential workers during the first year of lockdown (March 2020 – 2021). As the pandemic progressed, several businesses closed or adapted to allow employees to work from home. This massive change in the market resulted in several studies that looked at how the pandemic affected the country and impacted communities, businesses, industries, and people’s lives.