Update (1/6/21): 35 New 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, January 6, 2021, Clinton County recorded 35 new residents tested positive for COVID-19, 3,372 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 35 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 40,356 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 15,855 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.
The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 28.1% as of December 30, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 27.7%.
The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 12.5% as of December 30, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 16.3%.
The weekly ISDH County Metrics score released today showed Clinton County with a score of 2.5, an improvement from the previous week; however, the county will remain with an advisor status color of Red. Governor Holcomb’s executive order states, “a county must meet the metrics/score of a less restrictive category for two consecutive weeks before being allowed to move to that category.”
Clinton County had 635 new cases per 100,000 residents – a score of 3 – and a 7-day positivity rate of 13.25% – a score of 2. The ISDH utilizes the results of 1/4/2021, 11:59 p.m. for the purpose of calculating the weekly County Metrics.
Additionally, the ISDH announced that 6,214 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 539,229 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
A total of 8,371 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.
To date, 2,694,585 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 2,681,739 on Tuesday.
The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of January 5, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.
Total Hospitalizations: 204
Emergency Visits: 437
ICU Admits: 40
Hospital Deaths: 23
Statewide Recovery: 357,442 (88%)
Statewide Deceased: 8,292 (2%)
Statewide Active: 38,602 (10%)
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
The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.