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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.

406 New Positive Cases Of COVID-19 Makes It 2,565 Hoosiers Now Diagnosed, 65 Deaths

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The Clinton County Health Department previously reported 1 case of COVID-19 in Clinton County on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, reported 16 new death and 406 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing to 2,565 the number of Hoosiers diagnosed through ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. Sixty-five Hoosiers have now died.

A total of 14,375 tests have been reported to ISDH to date, up from 13,373 on Monday.

373 New Positive Cases Of COVID-19 Makes It 2,159 Hoosiers Now Diagnosed, 49 Deaths

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The Clinton County Health Department previously reported 1 case of COVID-19 in Clinton County on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, reported 14 new death and 373 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing to 2,159 the number of Hoosiers diagnosed through ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. Forty-nine Hoosiers have now died.

A total of 13,373 tests have been reported to ISDH to date, up from 11,658 on Monday.

Two COVID-19 Myths Making Rounds Locally, Local Call Center Opens To Help Answer Public Questions Re: COVID-19 Pandemic

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Two myths being shared and talked about regarding COVID-19 are being circulated locally and the World Health Organization (WHO) addresses both as false.

One, if when you wake in the morning and can hold your breath for 10-seconds without coughing, then you are COVID-19 free. According to WHO this is false, a myth.

Second, with the turning of the season to becoming warmer and humid then COVID-19 should not spread. WHO states that it is false, a myth.

In addition to turning to the WHO, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Indiana State Department of Health for timely information, there is now a local call center to address your questions and concerns.

The Clinton County Health Department in partnership with Healthy Communities of Clinton County Coalition began operations of a county-wide call center for residents with general questions concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, the status of county testing, what to do if you have symptoms or are ill, and many other areas of assistance. This call center will be funded by the Clinton County Government and coordinated with the Clinton County Emergency Management Agency and 911.

The Public can call into the call center using 765-652-6501.

Healthcare providers with general questions on testing/criteria can call the center dialing 765-652-6502.

This center will be staffed by Community Health Staff and county/nursing volunteers and all calls will be taken in the order they are received. Information will be updated daily/weekly as needed and the center may refer callers to additional services when appropriate or available.

The initial hours of operation are 10 AM- 12 noon and again from 4 PM – 6 PM each day Monday – Friday until the situation dictates a change or until further notice. Managers will evaluate the need for additional hours of operation based on call volume.

Note: During hours the call center is not staffed, general questions from the public or healthcare provider inquiries about COVID-19 may also be directed to the ISDH COVID-19 Call Center at the toll-free number 877-826-0011 (available 24/7)

272 New Positive Cases Of COVID-19 Makes It 1,786 Hoosiers Now Diagnosed, 35 Deaths

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The Clinton County Health Department previously reported 1 case of COVID-19 in Clinton County on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today, Monday, March 30, 2020, reported 3 new death and 272 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing to 1,786 the number of Hoosiers diagnosed through ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. Thirty-five Hoosiers have now died.

A total of 11,658 tests have been reported to ISDH to date, up from 9,830 on Sunday.

282 New Positive Cases Of COVID-19 Makes It 1,514 Hoosiers Now Diagnosed, 32 Deaths

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The Clinton County Health Department previously reported 1 case of COVID-19 in Clinton County on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today, Sunday, March 29, 2020, reported 1 new death and 282 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing to 1,514 the number of Hoosiers diagnosed through ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. Thirty-two Hoosiers have now died.

A total of 9,830 tests have been reported to ISDH to date, up from 8,407 on Saturday.

Cases and Deaths by County of Residence

Adams
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Allen
Cases: 26
Deaths: 1

Bartholomew
Cases: 10
Deaths: 0

Boone
Cases: 13
Deaths: 0

Brown
Cases: 3
Deaths: 0

Carroll
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Clark
Cases: 20
Deaths: 0

Clay
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Clinton
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Crawford
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Dearborn
Cases: 10
Deaths: 1

Decatur
Cases: 40
Deaths: 0

DeKalb
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Delaware
Cases: 14
Deaths: 1

Dubois
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Elkhart
Cases: 12
Deaths: 0

Fayette
Cases: 5
Deaths: 1

Floyd
Cases: 14
Deaths: 0

Fountain
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Franklin
Cases: 26
Deaths: 3

Fulton
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Gibson
Cases: 4
Deaths: 0

Grant
Cases: 7
Deaths: 0

Greene
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Hamilton
Cases: 83
Deaths: 0

Hancock
Cases: 22
Deaths: 1

Harrison
Cases: 14
Deaths: 0

Hendricks
Cases: 48
Deaths: 1

Henry
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Howard
Cases: 12
Deaths: 1

Huntington
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Jackson
Cases: 7
Deaths: 0

Jasper
Cases: 6
Deaths: 1

Jennings
Cases: 13
Deaths: 0

Johnson
Cases: 71
Deaths: 3

Knox
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Kosciusko
Cases: 3
Deaths: 0

LaGrange
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Lake
Cases: 85
Deaths: 1

LaPorte
Cases: 6
Deaths: 0

Lawrence
Cases: 8
Deaths: 0

Madison
Cases: 18
Deaths: 1

Marion
Cases: 676
Deaths: 10

Marshall
Cases: 3
Deaths: 0

Miami
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Monroe
Cases: 22
Deaths: 0

Montgomery
Cases: 5
Deaths: 0

Morgan
Cases: 20
Deaths: 1

Newton
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Noble
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Ohio
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Orange
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Owen
Cases: 9
Deaths: 0

Porter
Cases: 14
Deaths: 0

Posey
Cases: 3
Deaths: 0

Putnam
Cases: 5
Deaths: 1

Randolph
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Ripley
Cases: 19
Deaths: 0

Rush
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Scott
Cases: 1
Deaths: 1

Shelby
Cases: 12
Deaths: 0

St Joseph
Cases: 32
Deaths: 1

Starke
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Steuben
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Sullivan
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Switzerland
Cases: 3
Deaths: 0

Tippecanoe
Cases: 11
Deaths: 1

Tipton
Cases: 4
Deaths: 0

Vander.
Cases: 17
Deaths: 0

Verm.
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Vigo
Cases: 7
Deaths: 1

Wabash
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Warren
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Warrick
Cases: 8
Deaths: 0

Washington
Cases: 5
Deaths: 0

Wayne
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Wells
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

White
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Whitley
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

“To Give A 100% Accurate Count I Couldn’t”, Hospitals & Commerical Labs Are Not Required To Report Negative Test Results

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With each passing day, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) updates the COVID-19 data and map. And, with each passing day residents of Clinton County ask, “how many people in Clinton County have been tested?”

Clinton County Today (CCT) echos the same question and turned to the Clinton County Health Department (CCHD) to get answers. CCT spoke with Clinton County Public Health Nurse Dana Longenecker of CCHD on Friday, March 27, 2020. The conversation took place after directing a written question asking, “[CCT is] inquiring if the Clinton County Health Department could provide the total number of residents of Clinton County that have been tested for COVID-19.”

“I saw your question and it is valid question,” said Nurse Longenecker. “To explain why that’s complicated, because the commercial testing, like done at IU Health, they do not have to report numbers to me.”

Only COVID-19 tests resulting in a positive result are reported by commercial labs.

“Unfortunately, the only time they have to report to me is when it is a positive,” said Nurse Longenecker.

“So there could be 300 tests and I don’t know about that unless it is a positive. So it does get complicated.”

“To give a 100% accurate count I couldn’t. Through the state, I would say roughly now 30 to 40 in our county [have been tested] through the state.”

Nurse Longenecker is working with both IU Health Frankfort and St. Elizabeth to develop methods allowing for CCHD to have better knowledge of the tests being completed at the respective hospitals.

“Some entities are working with me to try and keep me up to date as best as they can so we can stay in communication with my community as best as I can.”

“St. Elizabeth has been working with me, giving me some encrypted information and trying to keep me up to date with my Clinton County residents. With them, I can see some of their testing if they go through the state or a different route, but if they use a commercial lab I don’t see those numbers either.”

“But again, I want to reiterate, of course I know about any positive. So it doesn’t matter if it is a Clinton County resident that gets tested, the person gets tested in Ohio, it has to get reported to me and the state.”

CCT asked Nurse Longenecker for clarification in regard to ISDH’s daily update; so, the daily update put out by ISDH only reflects those tested by ISDH and positive cases reflect both state and private testing?

“100 percent,” said Nurse Longenecker. “That is what the state has tested, what you are seeing on those reports. Now if there is a positive through a commercially available test, like ours was done through a commercially available test that was a positive – obviously, that has been reported on that map. So if it is positive they will account for that, but otherwise, you are correct.”

“Forty-thousand patients in Indiana could have been tested by now, those numbers are not going to be reflected, unfortunately.”

251 New Positive Cases Of COVID-19 Makes It 1,232 Hoosiers Now Diagnosed, 31 Deaths

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The Clinton County Health Department previously reported 1 case of COVID-19 in Clinton County on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) today, Saturday, March 28, 2020, reported 7 new deaths and 251 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing to 1,232 the number of Hoosiers diagnosed through ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. Thirty-one Hoosiers have now died.

A total of 8,407 tests have been reported to ISDH to date, up from 6,639 on Friday.

Cases and Deaths by County of Residence

Adams
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Allen
Cases: 23
Deaths: 1

Bartholomew
Cases: 7
Deaths: 0

Boone
Cases: 8
Deaths: 0

Brown
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Carroll
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Clark
Cases: 18
Deaths: 0

Clinton
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Crawford
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Dearborn
Cases: 8
Deaths: 1

Decatur
Cases: 30
Deaths: 0

DeKalb
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Delaware
Cases: 8
Deaths: 1

Dubois
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Elkhart
Cases: 11
Deaths: 0

Fayette
Cases: 4
Deaths: 1

Floyd
Cases: 13
Deaths: 0

Fountain
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Franklin
Cases: 23
Deaths: 2

Fulton
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Gibson
Cases: 4
Deaths: 0

Grant
Cases: 5
Deaths: 0

Hamilton
Cases: 64
Deaths: 0

Hancock
Cases: 19
Deaths: 1

Harrison
Cases: 7
Deaths: 0

Hendricks
Cases: 36
Deaths: 2

Henry
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Howard
Cases: 9
Deaths: 1

Huntington
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Jackson
Cases: 7
Deaths: 0

Jasper
Cases: 5
Deaths: 1

Jennings
Cases: 10
Deaths: 0

Johnson
Cases: 52
Deaths: 3

Kosciusko
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

LaGrange
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Lake
Cases: 68
Deaths: 1

LaPorte
Cases: 4
Deaths: 0

Lawrence
Cases: 4
Deaths: 0

Madison
Cases: 12
Deaths: 1

Marion
Cases: 584
Deaths: 10

Marshall
Cases: 3
Deaths: 0

Miami
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Monroe
Cases: 16
Deaths: 0

Montgomery
Cases: 4
Deaths: 0

Morgan
Cases: 14
Deaths: 0

Newton
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Noble
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Ohio
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Orange
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Owen
Cases: 7
Deaths: 0

Porter
Cases: 9
Deaths: 0

Posey
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Putnam
Cases: 5
Deaths: 1

Randolph
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Ripley
Cases: 15
Deaths: 0

Rush
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Scott
Cases: 1
Deaths: 1

Shelby
Cases: 10
Deaths: 0

St Joseph
Cases: 31
Deaths: 1

Starke
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Sullivan
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Switzerland
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Tippecanoe
Cases: 11
Deaths: 1

Tipton
Cases: 2
Deaths: 0

Vander.
Cases: 10
Deaths: 0

Verm.
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Vigo
Cases: 4
Deaths: 1

Wabash
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Warren
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Warrick
Cases: 6
Deaths: 0

Washington
Cases: 4
Deaths: 0

Wayne
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Wells
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

White
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

Whitley
Cases: 1
Deaths: 0

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