(Indianapolis, IN) - Indiana has its first death from coronavirus.

Officials say the person was over 60 years old with

a preexisting health issue.

The individual’s significant other also exposed to the virus

was allowed to communicate on an iPad.

Indiana has 24 confirmed cases of coronavirus.

The only one reported from northwest Indiana is a 55 year old man

from the city of LaPorte.

He was being treated at Porter Regional Hospital near Chesterton.