MICHIGAN CITY — As cities and counties continue to implement new restrictions to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, a second Indiana person has died from the virus.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Tuesday announced a second Hoosier – a Johnson County adult over age 60 who had been hospitalized – has died. No further information about the patient will be released.
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