Update (10/07/20): 5 New Clinton County Residents Test Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Wednesday, October 7, 2020, Clinton County had 5 new residents test positive for COVID-19, 700 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 14 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 8,930 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 11.9% as of September 30, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 9.0%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 1,302 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 128,227 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 3,500 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,440,917 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,432,219 on Tuesday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of October 6, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 49
Emergency Visits: 122
ICU Admits: 11
Hospital Deaths: 5

Statewide Recovery: 99,802 (84%)
Statewide Deceased: 3,500 (3%)
Statewide Active: 16,179 (13%)

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)

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.