Update (12/2/21): 2 New Deaths and 24 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, Thursday, December 2, 2021, Clinton County had 2 new deaths related to COVID-19 while 24 additional residents test positive for COVID-19, 6,245 residents in total have tested positives for COVID-19. There are now 79 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 101,951 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 24,168 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.

The deaths are reported to have occurred on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, and Sunday, November 21, 2021.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 22.8% as of November 24, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 23.6%.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 10.4% as of November 24, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 12.7%.

The ISDH shows a total of 14,215 Clinton County residents have received the first of a two-dose vaccination (an increase of 37 over the previous report) and 14,151 are fully vaccinated (an increase of 34 over the previous report) with 1,075 Clinton County residents receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a single-dose vaccine. Additionally, 3,164 Booster doses have been administered. Statewide, 3,496,948 Hoosiers have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series, 3,446,898 are fully vaccinated with 266,771 from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and 855,277 Booster doses have been administered as of 12/2/2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 5,653 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 1,112,735 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

To date, 4,542,091 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 4,532,943 on Wednesday.

The Regenstrief Institute updated hospitalization data as of December 2, 2021, at 7:00 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: 488
Emergency Visits: 1,145
ICU Admits: 105
Hospital Deaths: 51

Statewide Recovery: 1,013,488 (93%)
Statewide Deceased: 16,970 (2%)
Statewide Active: 50,450 (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.