Update (4/16/21): 17 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, April 16, 2021, Clinton County had 17 new residents who tested positive for COVID-19, 4,177 residents in total have tested positive for COVID-19. There are 53 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 59,070 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 18,675 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 17.5% as of April 9, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 13.7%.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 6.5% as of April 9, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 5.1%.

The ISDH shows a total of 9,264 Clinton County residents have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series (an increase of 134 over the previous day) and 6,366 are fully vaccinated (an increase of 137 over the previous day) with 408 Clinton County residents receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a single-dose vaccine. Statewide, 2,119,408 Hoosiers have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series, 1,527,472 are fully vaccinated with 132,159 from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as of 4/16/2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 1,327 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 704,632 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

To date, 3,320,902 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 3,316,399 on Thursday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of April 15, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 281
Emergency Visits: 620
ICU Admits: 63
Hospital Deaths: 39

Statewide Recovery: 667,473 (95%)
Statewide Deceased: 12,789 (2%)
Statewide Active: 19,322 (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 outside of the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
Noon – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

The Clinton County Health Department currently has a drive-up testing site via and the ISDH Community Test Site outside of the Edward Jones Building at the Clinton County Fairgrounds located at 1701 S Jackson St, Frankfort, IN.

The ISDH Community Test Site runs from 12 noon to 6 pm Monday through 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

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.