Indiana’s governor announces he will lift the statewide mask mandate and remaining COVID-19 business restrictions…in two weeks. Gov., Holcomb said in a speech from his Statehouse office that the state’s steep declines in coronavirus hospitalization and death rates…along with the growing number of people fully vaccinated…justify the steps, starting April 6. Holcomb says he hoped the state is seeing the tail end of the pandemic…that has killed nearly 13,000 people in the state over the past year. The date for ending the mask mandate was picked to coincide with the ending of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, now being held in Indianapolis…and to allow more time for people with at-risk health conditions to get vaccine shots.