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Daviess COVID Death Toll Reaches 190

WNIN | By John Gibson

Published June 25, 2021 at 12:28 PM CDT

Another COVID 19-related death is reported in Daviess County, Kentucky.

The Green River District Health Department announced the 190^th death of the pandemic in Daviess County.

The department also counted 22 new infections in its seven-county district from June 22^nd to June 24^th.

Just one confirmed COVID patient was hospitalized in the district.

Indiana’s department of health recorded no new fatalities in Vanderburgh, Warrick, Posey, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, or Spencer counties.

The agency did add eight new infections in Vanderburgh County, with more than 200 county residents added to the ranks of fully vaccinated.

15 COVID patients were hospitalized in the 12-county district of southwest Indiana.

Across the state, three more COVID-related deaths were tallied, with nearly 250 new infections.