This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, November 9th, 2020.

Later in the program, the Monroe County Democratic Party, along with various activist and student organizations, hosted a celebration at the Monroe County Courthouse, after Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States. That’s coming up in today’s headlines.

Also coming up in the next half hour, A Few Minutes the Mayor - a weekly segment where we pose questions to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton on community issues.

But first, your local news brief:

A chart breaks down coronavirus cases by county (Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Health).

Indiana continues to break a number of Covid-19 records. The State Department of Health reported over 4,200 new cases today.

That’s just about the state’s average, which is at a record high. The state health department reported today that 34 more Hoosiers lost their lives to Covid-19.

As the country sees its highest Covid-19 numbers to date, more people in Indiana are dying because of the virus than at any other time since mid-May.

The other main concern in the state is the record number of hospitalizations due to Covid. Hospitalizations are approaching 2,200 people, over 500 of those people are in intensive care.

Locally, Monroe County is averaging over 50 new cases per day, and its positivity among unique individuals is almost at 10 percent. That means that the county public schools may stop in-person classes.

Statewide, almost 2,300 new school cases of Covid-19 were reported, about seventy percent of those cases were students. Bloomington High School South has reported almost 20 cases so far, while North has reported 10.

Brown County broke its single day record for new cases with 13, Morgan county came close, with 47, and the other surrounding counties saw between 5 and 20 cases.

Last week, Indiana University reported 115 new cases of Covid-19 at its Bloomington Campus alone. That’s about a 15 percent increase in new cases from the previous week.

So far, the university has reported that 3,361 people have contracted Covid-19 at its Bloomington campus.

Joe Biden Wins 2020 Presidential Election, Celebration at Monroe County Courthouse

Democratic candidate Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump, making him the 46th President of the United States.

President-Elect Biden said he will seek to unify the country in his victory speech.

"I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify - who doesn't see red states or blue states - only sees the United States," said Biden.

Kamala Harris now becomes the first woman and the first woman of color to hold the office of Vice President.

However, she said she would not be the last woman to be elected to the vice presidency.

"But while I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last," said Harris.

In Bloomington, there was a celebration on Sunday at the Monroe County Courthouse. The B-Square Beacon reported that around 250 people gathered on the courthouse lawn to celebrate the results of the presidential election. The gathering was hosted by the Monroe County Democratic Party and a variety of student organizations at Indiana University.

Leaders from activists groups addressed the crowd over a PA system. Jennifer Crossley, Monroe County Democratic Party Chairwoman, emceed the event. She said she is the first Black person to hold the position of party chairwoman. Crossley said she is glad to see Kamala Harris elected to the vice-presidency, the first woman of color elected to the office.

“It feels so good to just look out and just see what America should look like,” she said, “Although I am the first,