Update (1/8/21): 1 Death and 22 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, Friday, January 8, 2021, Clinton County recorded 1 new death and 22 new residents tested positive for COVID-19, 3,455 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are now 36 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 41,007 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 16,048 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.

The death is reported to have occurred on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 29.4% as of January 1, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 28.1%.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 13.6% as of January 1, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 16.3%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 6,199 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 552,594 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 8,521 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 2,724,389 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 2,710,638 on Thursday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of January 7, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 206
Emergency Visits: 446
ICU Admits: 41
Hospital Deaths: 23

Statewide Recovery: 362,458 (88%)
Statewide Deceased: 8,521 (2%)
Statewide Active: 38,547 (9%)

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.

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.