INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Wednesday, December 23, 2020, Clinton County recorded 15 new residents tested positive for COVID-19, 2,990 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 30 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 37,097 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 15,183 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.
The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 29.2% as of December 16, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 24.0%.
The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 13.0% as of December 16, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 12.1%.
The weekly ISDH County Metrics score released today showed Clinton County with a score of 2.5, the same score as last week, and keeps the county in the status color of Orange. Clinton County had 962 new cases per 100,000 residents – a score of 3 – and a 7-day positivity rate of 13.5% – a score of 2. The ISDH utilizes the results of 12/21/2020, 11:59 p.m. for the purpose of calculating the weekly County Metrics.
Additionally, the ISDH announced that 4,731 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 476,538 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
A total of 7,306 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.
To date, 2,556,493 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 2,545,018 on Tuesday.
The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of December 22, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.
Total Hospitalizations: 188
Emergency Visits: 404
ICU Admits: 39
Hospital Deaths: 19
Statewide Recovery: 308,573 (82%)
Statewide Deceased: 7,244 (2%)
Statewide Active: 61,992 (16%)
Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.
Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)
The COVID testing site at County Fairgrounds will be closed on Christmas Day and New Years Day. The Optum testing clinic will only be open 8-1 pm on Christmas Eve, the Health Department clinic will be open 12:00 – 4 pm on Christmas Eve.
The Clinton County Health Department currently has two (2) testing sites operating at the fairgrounds; Optum and the ISDH Community Test Site both inside the Edward Jones Building at the Clinton County Fairgrounds located at 1701 S Jackson St, Frankfort, IN.
Optum runs from 8 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday (not open on holidays) and the ISDH Community Test Site runs from 12 noon to 6 pm Monday through Friday.
The Optum testing site breaks for lunch from 12 noon to 12:30 pm each day with an afternoon break from 3 pm to 3:30m. There are NO appts scheduled for Optum during 12-12:30 or 3-3:30 pm for this site and no walk-ins taken during those break times.
To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116
The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.
