Update (8/10/21): 58th Death of a Clinton County Resident Related to COVID-19 Reported By The ISDH, 8 New Positive Cases

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, Clinton County had 1 new death related to COVID-19, and 8 new residents test positive for COVID-19, 4,730 residents in total have tested positives for COVID-19. There are now 58 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 74,030 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 20,607 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.

The death is reported to have occurred Friday, August 6, 2021.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 21.3% as of August 3, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 17.5%.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 8.64% as of August 3, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 9.2%.

The ISDH shows a total of 12,088 Clinton County residents have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series (an increase of 33 over the previous report) and 11,915 are fully vaccinated (an increase of 19 over the previous report) with 863 Clinton County residents receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a single-dose vaccine. Statewide, 2,996,625 Hoosiers have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series, 2,986,545 are fully vaccinated with 227,544 from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as of 8/10/2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 2,234 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 788,468 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

To date, 3,717,579 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 3,712,109 on Monday.

The Regenstrief Institute updated hospitalization data as of August 9, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 360
Emergency Visits: 787
ICU Admits: 74
Hospital Deaths: 43

Statewide Recovery: 740,972 (95%)
Statewide Deceased: 13,624 (2%)
Statewide Active: 21,559 (2%)

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.