7 Additional Clinton County Residents Test Positive For COVID-19, Brings Total To 45

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Friday, May 1, 2020, Clinton County has now had 45 residents test positive for COVID-19. The seven (7) new cases reported include a previously unreported case from April 29, 2020. Of the 7 new cases, 5 are females: 3 in the (30-39) age group, 1 in the (20-29) age group and 1 in the (0-19) age group). 1 male in the (60-69) age group. The remaining case is from April 29 and is labeled as unknown in the (30-39) age group. There is 1 death related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 412 residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the ISDH.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 815 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 18,630 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 1,062 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 99,639 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 94,998 on Thursday.

Brett W. Todd is the managing editor of Clinton County Today. Clinton County Today is a community-focused website to provide individuals of Clinton County Indiana and surrounding areas with information impacting their lives. Clinton County Today is a service of Progressive Partners of Indiana, LLC where Brett W. Todd is its managing member.