INDIANAPOLIS — On Tuesday Indiana’s health commissioner urged Hoosiers to continue to adhere to the state’s stay-at-home order, warning that while Indiana’s coronavirus cases had surged past 2,000 and its deaths climbed to 49 the state remained far from reaching its peak.

Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box said Tuesday’s numbers — including 14 additional deaths that boosted Indiana’s total to 49 — obviously represented “a very big increase.”

Indiana’s number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, has now grown to 2,159.

Indiana’s stay at home order includes exemptions for essential businesses to remain open and for necessary trips for food and medicine.