Update (5/20/21): 8 New Clinton County Residents Tested Positive For COVID-19, While Over 10,000 Residents Are Fully Vaccinated As Reported By The ISDH

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Thursday, May 20, 2021, Clinton County had 8 new residents who tested positive for COVID-19, 4,300 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 53 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 64,376 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 19,286 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 2.2% as of May 13, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 10.2%.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 1.7% as of May 13, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 4.7%.

The ISDH shows a total of 10,502 Clinton County residents have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series (an increase of 86 over the previous day) and 10,014 are fully vaccinated (an increase of 103 over the previous day) with 588 Clinton County residents receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a single-dose vaccine. Statewide, 2,557,011 Hoosiers have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series, 2,371,900 are fully vaccinated with 174,424 from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as of 5/19/2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 819 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 737,282 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

To date, 3,461,505 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 3,457,544 on Wednesday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of May 18, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 301
Emergency Visits: 666
ICU Admits: 69
Hospital Deaths: 41

Statewide Recovery: 704,006 (95%)
Statewide Deceased: 13,101 (2%)
Statewide Active: 16,744 (3%)

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 outside of the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
Noon – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

The Clinton County Health Department currently has a drive-up testing site via and the ISDH Community Test Site outside of the Edward Jones Building at the Clinton County Fairgrounds located at 1701 S Jackson St, Frankfort, IN.

The ISDH Community Test Site runs from 12 noon to 6 pm Monday through Friday.

Pre-registration is preferred, but you may register upon arrival.

To schedule a test, use the following:
web: https://scheduling.coronavirus.in.gov/Invitation

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.

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.