Update (12/8/21): 1 Death and 37 Additional Clinton County Residents Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Wednesday, December 8, 2021, Clinton County had 1 death related to COVID-19 while 37 additional residents test positive for COVID-19, 6,386 residents in total have tested positives for COVID-19. There are now 81 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 103,269 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 24,363 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.

The death is reported to have occurred Saturday, November 6, 2021.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 22.5% as of December 1, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 26.8%.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 10.3% as of December 1, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 14.8%.

The weekly ISDH County Metrics score released today showed Clinton County with a score of 2 an advisory color of Orange. Clinton County’s official advisory level is Orange.

Clinton County had 441 new cases per 100,000 residents – a score of 3 – and a 7-day positivity rate of 8.6% – a score of 1. The ISDH utilized the results of 12/6/2021, 11:59 p.m. for the purpose of calculating the weekly County Metrics.

The ISDH shows a total of 14,310 Clinton County residents have received the first of a two-dose vaccination (an increase of 22 over the previous report) and 14,233 are fully vaccinated (an increase of 19 over the previous report) with 1,081 Clinton County residents receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a single-dose vaccine. Additionally, 3,560 Booster doses have been administered. Statewide, 3,527,333 Hoosiers have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series, 3,477,651 are fully vaccinated with 268,415 from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and 977,975 Booster doses have been administered as of 12/8/2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 5,315 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 1,140,151 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

To date, 4,587,297 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 4,579,281 on Tuesday.

The Regenstrief Institute updated hospitalization data as of December 8, 2021, at 7:01 a.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative. As of October 27, 2021, Regenstrief Institute will update dashboard data on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (instead of Monday through Friday).

Total Hospitalizations: 505
Emergency Visits: 1,181
ICU Admits: 106
Hospital Deaths: 53

Statewide Recovery: 1,028,778 (93%)
Statewide Deceased: 17,137 (2%)
Statewide Active: 64,178 (5%)

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 EMA Office
1859 S. Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
Noon – 6pm (Monday – 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

Free COVID-19 Vaccination Center in Clinton County

Location:
Clinton County Health Department
1234 Rossville Ave
Frankfort, IN
9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Wednesdays only)

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 have difficulties with scheduling.

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.