INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Thursday, March 18, 2021, Clinton County had 1 new resident who tested positive for COVID-19, 4,012 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 53 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 55,501 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 18,164 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.
The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 8.7% as of March 12, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 8.5%.
The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 2.4% as of March 12, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 3.2%.
The ISDH shows a total of 6,032 Clinton County residents have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series (an increase of 115 over the previous day) and 4,545 are fully vaccinated (an increase of 339 over the previous day) with 246 Clinton County residents receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a single-dose vaccine. Statewide, 1,389,088 Hoosiers have received the first of a two-dose of vaccination series, 915,719 are fully vaccinated with 36,730 from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as of 3/18/2021 at 5:00 a.m.
Additionally, the ISDH announced that 966 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 675,388 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
To date, 3,205,024 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 3,199,074 on Thursday.
The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of March 18, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.
Total Hospitalizations: 250
Emergency Visits: 561
ICU Admits: 55
Hospital Deaths: 34
Statewide Recovery: 523,830 (96%)
Statewide Deceased: 12,495 (2%)
Statewide Active: 8,333 (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.
