INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Monday, March 8, 2021, Clinton County had 5 new residents who tested positive for COVID-19, 3,981 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 53 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 53,633 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 17,912 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.
The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 10.1% as of March 1, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 8.8%.
The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 2.7% as of March 1, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 3.2%.
The ISDH shows a total of 5,207 Clinton County residents have received the first dose of vaccination (an increase of 4 over the previous day) and 3,153 are fully vaccinated (an increase of 8 over the previous day). Statewide, 1,133,856 Hoosiers have received the first dose of vaccination, and 703,808 are fully vaccinated as of 3/8/2021 at 5:00 a.m.
Additionally, the ISDH announced that 480 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 667,736 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
To date, 3,153,395 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 3,150,418 on Sunday.
The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of March 7, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.
Total Hospitalizations: 236
Emergency Visits: 526
ICU Admits: 51
Hospital Deaths: 31
Statewide Recovery: 435,100 (96%)
Statewide Deceased: 12,310 (3%)
Statewide Active: 8,558 (2%)
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 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
To schedule a vaccination shot:
Schedule at https://ourshot.in.gov or call the Frankfort Public Library system if you have no internet access or difficulties with scheduling. The vaccine clinic is located at 1701 South Jackson Street, Frankfort, IN (4H Building at the Fairgrounds) Open 8:30 am – 6 pm Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Would you like to volunteer your Nursing skills for the Covid Vaccine Clinics?
* Go to https://www.serv-in.org/ to register
* Then go to https://signup.com/go/wCOxxxz to schedule the days & times you are able to help.
