On Wednesday, the state announced the efforts of Hoosiers might be paying off in the fight against COVID-19.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — On Wednesday, the state announced the efforts of Hoosiers might be paying off in the fight against COVID-19.

"I hesitate to say this, but I do think we may be seeing a flattening of that curve. We may be seeing that peak flattened and that plateauing effect," said Dr. Kristina Box, Indiana State Health Commissioner. "That may not be happening in every area. But we've actually in some areas in the southeast seen their numbers of hospitalized patients of ventilated patients fall."

Dr. Box said that ventilator and ICU usage in the state over the last week only increased in Marion County.

"I'm cautiously optimistic that everything we have done has really tremendously made a difference," Dr. Box said.

"It would be a much different picture today if Hoosiers weren't all in this together playing by the rules," said Governor Eric Holcomb.

Despite that optimism, the governor cautioned that this is not over yet.

"What we can't do is pull up short. We don't want to count our chickens before they hatch," Holcomb said.