Update (2/12/21): 2 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, February 12, 2021, Clinton County had 2 new residents who tested positive for COVID-19, 3,879 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 52 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 49,246 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 17,391 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 14.3% as of February 5, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 13.7%.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 4.0% as of February 5, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 5.8%.

The ISDH shows a total of 3,734 Clinton County residents have received the first dose of vaccination and 1,135 are fully vaccinated. Statewide, 779,240 Hoosiers have received the first dose of vaccination, and 300,742 are fully vaccinated as of 2/12/2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 1,762 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 645,006 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

To date, 3,021,613 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 3,021,613 on Thursday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of February 10, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 231
Emergency Visits: 508
ICU Admits: 49
Hospital Deaths: 29

Statewide Recovery: 421,304 (94%)
Statewide Deceased: 11,690 (3%)
Statewide Active: 13,260 (3%)

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

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 difficulties with scheduling. The vaccine clinic is located at 1701 South Jackson Street, Frankfort, IN (4H Building at the Fairgrounds) Open 8:30 am – 6 pm Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

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.