WABASH, Ind. (WFFT) — Another county in Northeast Indiana has reported its first death caused by COVID-19.
The Wabash County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency announced the first death for the county on Tuesday.
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As of Monday, Wabash County had 10 positive cases.
A total of 105 coronavirus tests have been conducted with no deaths as of Monday.
The Huntington County Health Department also announced the second COVID-19 death in their county Tuesday.
The county says this patient died while at a local hospital.
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The Indiana State Department of Health announced it will host free COVID-19 drive-thru testing clinics from Monday through Wednesday in Allen, Clark, Decatur and Lake counties.
The clinics will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, or until testing supplies run out.
They are open to symptomatic healthcare workers, first responders and essential workers.
Testing also is available to symptomatic individuals who live with one of these workers, as well as to people who have symptoms of COVID-19 and underlying medical conditions that put them at higher risk, such as obesity, high blood pressure or diabetes.
Testing is limited to one person per vehicle.
All individuals must be Indiana residents and present state-issued identification at the time of testing.
The locations are:
• St. Timothy Church
1600 W 25th Ave, Gary, IN 46404
• Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne – Coliseum Campus
3800 N. Anthony Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805
• Decatur County Fairgrounds
545 S. Co. Rd. 200 W, Greensburg, IN 47240
• Ivy Tech Community College Sellersburg
8204 Hwy 311, Sellersburg, IN 47172
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