INDIANAPOLIS —The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that a second Hoosier has died from COVID-19. The patient is a Johnson County adult over age 60 who had been hospitalized. No further information about the patient will be released due to privacy laws.
ISDH has received six new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing to 30 the number of Hoosiers diagnosed through ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories.
The new cases involve residents of Lake (2), Franklin (2) and Marion (2) counties and will be included on ISDH’s online dashboard at https://www.in.gov/coronavirus/.
There have been 30 positive test cases out of 159 tested.
In the county breakdown of cases, and deaths, here are the stats released by the state health department this morning:
Marion County: Nine cases, one death
Johnson County: Three cases, one death
Hendricks County: Three cases
Franklin County: Two cases
Howard County: Two cases
Lake County: Two cases
The following counties have one case: Adams, Bartholomew, Boone, Floyd, Hamilton, LaPorte, Noble, St. Joseph, Wells.
