TUESDAY COVID UPDATE: ISDH reporting first death in Elkhart County, state sees deaths go up 14

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In their Tuesday COVID update, the Indiana State Department of Health is reporting the first death in Elkhart County.

This comes as a total of 14 new deaths were reported throughout Indiana along with 373 new cases, bringing the state’s total up to 2,159.

Also included in the new report was a new case reported in Whitley County.

*Kosciusko County and other neighboring counties did not see any additional cases reported.

See the new update here.

* EDITOR’S NOTE: The Kosciusko County Health Department reached out to local media on Tuesday afternoon and stated that the ISDH’s report of a fifth case in Kosciusko County came from a positive test for a person who does not live in the county. Therefore, the number of positive tests in Kosciusko County remains at four. This statistic will be reflected in the ISDH’s Wednesday update at 10 AM.