COVID Numbers Rise in Dubois County, Number of Those Recovered Also Goes Up

BY: DAVID SHEPHERD, NEWS DIRECTOR

JASPER -- A second Dubois County resident has died of COVID-19.

The county Health Department says the patient did have underlying medical conditions.  No further information about the patient will be released due to privacy laws.

So far, 26 Dubois County residents have recovered; meaning they’re out of isolation and feeling well.

The death toll is also rising in Orange County.  They now report 18 deaths.  15 have died in Daviess County, 20 in Warrick County and 16 in Lawrence County.

No deaths have been reported yet in Crawford, Spencer, Martin or Pike Counties.

Statewide, COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 1,444 Hoosiers.