Five people who attended a March high school basketball tournament in Indiana died of COVID-19, USA Today reported Saturday.

On March 6, more than 2,800 fans filled Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis for the sectional semifinals.

That morning, Indiana reported its first COVID-19 case, and the state had not yet been ordered residents to stay at home to stem the spread of the virus. The case was reported at Community Health North, four miles from the school where the tournament would take place.

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“We started getting calls wondering if we were still going to play,” Ryan Banas, Lawrence Central's athletic director, told USA Today.

On March 6, the state’s health commissioner said that “there is no ongoing risk to the public” regarding the first positive case. States didn’t begin issuing stay-at-home orders until at least a week later.

On March 10, the Ivy League scrapped its basketball tournament, becoming the first conference to do so. Later on in the month, the NCAA canceled March Madness.

"The sad thing looking back is that we didn’t know," Kay Johnson, the widow of one of the five victims, told USA Today.

Johnson’s husband and the other victims did not necessarily contract COVID-19 there, though most who were present at the event said it was the last large gathering they attended.

"But then you start putting the pieces together. ... All we know is that this virus has changed a lot of people’s lives," Gerad Good, an assistant coach at Lawrence North High School, told USA Today.