Update (8/4/21): 56th Death of a Clinton County Resident Related to COVID-19 Reported By The ISDH, 17 New Positive Cases

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Wednesday, August 4, 2021, Clinton County had 1 death and 17 new residents test positive for COVID-19, 4,643 residents in total have tested positives for COVID-19. There are now 56 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 72,240 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 20,389 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.

The death is reported to have occurred on Monday, August 2, 2021.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 19.4% as of July 28, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 15.5%.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 8.6% as of July 28, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 7.8%.

The weekly ISDH County Metrics score released today showed Clinton County with a score of 2.0 an advisory color of Orange. Clinton County’s official advisory level is Orange.

Clinton County had 216 new cases per 100,000 residents – a score of 3 – and a 7-day positivity rate of 7.69% – a score of 1. The ISDH utilized the results of 8/2/2021, 11:59 p.m. for the purpose of calculating the weekly County Metrics.

The ISDH shows a total of 12,315 Clinton County residents have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series (an increase of 79 over the previous report) and 12,214 are fully vaccinated (an increase of 24 over the previous report) with 890 Clinton County residents receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a single-dose vaccine. Statewide, 2,959,656 Hoosiers have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series, 2,963,081 are fully vaccinated with 224,774 from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as of 8/4/2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 1,610 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 777,417 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

To date, 3,687,062 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 3,683,001 on Tuesday.

The Regenstrief Institute updated hospitalization data as of August 3, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 350
Emergency Visits: 761
ICU Admits: 73
Hospital Deaths: 43

Statewide Recovery: 774,097 (96%)
Statewide Deceased: 13,583 (2%)
Statewide Active: 14,797 (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.