INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Department of Health announced Friday a third Hoosier has died of COVID-19.
The patient is an adult resident of Marion County over the age of 60 who had been hospitalized, officials said.
State health officials reported 23 new cases of COVID-19 in Indiana on Friday, raising the statewide total to 79 since the first case of the virus in the state was confirmed on March 6.
There have been 554 tests administered for COVID-19, though that figure may not include the number of tests administered at third-party labs.
However, the total number of confirmed cases reported by ISDH includes positive test results detected at state health department and third-party labs.
There have been three deaths so far in Indiana, two in Marion County and the other in Johnson County.
There are no new cases reported in Bartholomew County as of Friday.
The following county breakdown was provided by the health department:
- Counties reporting one case: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Clark, Fayette, Grant, Jennings, LaPorte, Madison, Noble, Owen, Shelby, Vanderburgh, Vigo, Wayne, Wells
- Counties reporting two cases: Boone, Floyd, Franklin, Tippecanoe
- Counties reporting four cases: Hendricks, Johnson
- Counties reporting five cases: Hamilton, Howard
- Counties reporting six cases: Lake, St. Joseph
- Marion County has the largest number of cases reported, 25, with two deaths.
For more on this story, see Saturday’s Republic.
