Health Department Announces COVID-19 Death in Morgan County

(INDIANAPOLIS) – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today announced that 290 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories.

That brings to 1,514 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

Greene County reported their first confirmed case.

Locally confirmed cases

  • Bartholomew County –10
  • Brown County – 3
  • Dubois County – 2
  • Greene County – 1
  • Jackson County – 7
  • Lawrence County – 8
  • Monroe County – 22
  • Morgan County – 20
  • Orange County – 1
  • Owen County – 9
  • Washington County – 5

Thirty-two Hoosiers have died. Morgan County had their first death from the virus. The patient who was older than 60, died at Franciscan Health Mooresville on March 25, according to the Morgan County Health Department.

Deaths were reported in:

  • Allen County – Deaths: 1
  • Dearborn County – Deaths: 1
  • Delaware County – Deaths: 1
  • Fayette County – Deaths: 1
  • Franklin County – Deaths: 3
  • Jasper County – Deaths: 1
  • Johnson County – Deaths: 3
  • Hancock County – Deaths: 1
  • Hendrick County – Deaths: 1
  • Howard County – Deaths: 1
  • Lake County – Deaths: 1
  • Madison County – Deaths: 1
  • Marion County – Deaths: 10
  • Morgan County – Deaths: 1
  • Putnam County – Deaths: 1
  • Scott County – Deaths: 1
  • St. Joseph – Deaths: 1
  • Tippecanoe County – Deaths: 1
  • Vigo County – Deaths: 1

Thirty-two Hoosiers have died.

To date, 9,830 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 8,407 on Saturday.

Marion County had the most new cases, at 119, while Lake County had 17, Johnson County had 15, Hendricks County had 12 and Hamilton County had 10. The complete list of counties with cases is included in the ISDH COVID-19 dashboard at www.coronavirus.in.gov, which will be updated daily at 10 a.m. Cases are listed by county of residence. Private lab reporting may be delayed and will be reflected in the map and count when results are received at ISDH.

The dashboard also has been updated to remove six duplicate entries, shift two cases to reflect out-of-state residency and correct the county of residence for 23 patients based on updated information provided to ISDH.

Additional updates on the state’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak may be provided later today.