Health Department Announces 2nd COVID-19 Death


In an effort to keep our stakeholders fully informed, FSSA will be sharing
news about COVID-19 from the Indiana State Department of Health. Here is the
latest news release issued today:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 17, 2020

Health Department Announces 2nd COVID-19 Death

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 www.in.gov/coronavirus/. The
full list of counties with cases is included in the dashboard, which will be
updated daily at 10 a.m. Cases are listed by county of residence.

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