Labor Day weekend could bring a spike in coronavirus cases for Allen County

State health officials said Indiana is getting closer to the 100,000 mark for confirmed COVID cases.

With the holiday weekend, we could see more cases.

Health officials say indiana is getting closer to the 100 thousand mark for confirmed covid cases.and with the holiday weekend, we could see more cases.fox 55's jentill neal talked to people in fort wayne about what they're doing to prevent another spike.

3 there's a lot to do this labor day weekend in northeast indiana, and gatherings expected.

But with the fun..

Comes concern.> 00:14:43-00:14:58"we're concerned that we will see increased cases after labor day.

We saw this after memorial day and the fourth of july.

Anytime there is a holiday weekend, people are going to want to be out and all those gatherings are potential for spreading covid 19."many people are kicking off the weekend at promenade park in fort wayne.

James wonderly and his wife came out for some sun, and they have their masks handy just in case others have the same idea.> 00:01:45-00:01:54"it's beautiful here.

We love sitting and watching people.

It's a little scary.

I do believe there's going to be a spike."omar nadeem says he wouldn't be surprised.the state department of health reporting more than 99,000 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.> 00:00:23-00:00:33"there's a lot of people out here.

Not a lot of social distancing going on or masks being worn so it's not surprising to me."

The allen county health department says gatherings outside of the home are always a risk, but if you do decide to attend a gathering or host one- remember to social distance at all times.

If you can't maintain the six feet- wear a masks.>00:00:34-00:00:54"if we go where we're going to be around anybody, we have our masks on.

Right now we've been keeping our distance so we don't have them on when we're outside, but absolutely if we're going to be near somebody, i wear my mask.

I don't ever want to be responsible for contaminating anybody else potentially."3 the department of health says one point one million tests have been conducted so