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Allen County COVID Deaths Near 200

Screenshot of Allen County Health Department

  One more Allen County resident has died of COVID-19, bringing the total to 198. Sixty-five new cases were diagnosed.

Statewide, there are 1,497 new cases reported, but the Indiana State Department of Health attributes that number to a 462-case correction in lab reporting data. Seventeen new deaths were reported.

Steuben County reported 13 new positive cases, Kosciusko County eight, and Noble County five.

Huntington, Wabash, Wells and Adams counties each reported four new cases, according to the Indiana State Department of Health.

Rebecca manages the news at WBOI. She joined the staff in December 2017, and brought with her nearly two decades of experience in print journalism, including 15 years as an award-winning reporter for the Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne.