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A 65-year-old woman who was a nurse at Signature HealthCARE in Newburgh from COVID-19 complications Friday, Warrick County Coroner Sarah Seaton said.

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. A 65-year-old woman who was a nurse at Signature HealthCARE in Newburgh died from COVID-19 complications Friday, Warrick County Coroner Sarah Seaton said.

The deathwill be the first attributed to Spencer County because the woman was a resident there, Spencer County Coroner Rachel Gentry said.

Gentry said the Indiana Department of Health said the woman was one of thefive confirmed positive cases of the coronavirus that had been reported in Spencer County so far.

She also said that there was no indication where the woman contracted the coronavirus,. Twelve residents at Signature HealthCARE, where the nurse worked, have died of COVID-19 complications.

A statementfrom Signature HealthCARE about the death had not been received by deadline Friday afternoon.

According to the Warrick County Health Department, 12 residents and one nurse at Signature Healthcare of Newburgh at 5233 Rosebud Lane in Newburgh, Ind., have died from complications of the COVID-19 virus. This picture was made April 7, 2020.(Photo: DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS)

The death is the 13th COVID-19-related death from Signature'slong-term care facility since the coronavirus pandemic began. The other COVID-19 deaths there have all been residents.

Gentrysaid the woman actually died at aVanderburgh County hospital, although she worked in Warrick County and was a Spencer County resident.

More: Number of Vanderburgh County coronavirus cases jumps to 143, state shows 55 new deaths

As of Friday, there was only one COVID-related death recorded in Vanderburgh County and 16 total in Warrick.

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