Update (9/24/21): 15 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, Friday, September 24, 2021, Clinton County had 15 additional residents test positive for COVID-19, 5,374 residents in total have tested positives for COVID-19. There are 65 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 86,737 total tests have been administered to residents of Clinton County, of which 22,479 have been unique tests as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 22.0% as of September 17, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 19.7%.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of all tests for Clinton County is 7.1% as of September 17, 2021. The State of Indiana as a whole is 10.7%.

The ISDH shows a total of 13,123 Clinton County residents have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series (an increase of 18 over the previous report) and 13,090 are fully vaccinated (an increase of 26 over the previous report) with 954 Clinton County residents receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a single-dose vaccine. Statewide, 3,232,752 Hoosiers have received the first of a two-dose vaccination series, 3,237,813 are fully vaccinated with 248,655 from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as of 9/24/2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 3,255 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 947,918 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

To date, 4,150,799 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 4,142,033 on Thursday.

The Regenstrief Institute updated hospitalization data as of September 23, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 420
Emergency Visits: 944
ICU Admits: 96
Hospital Deaths: 47

Statewide Recovery: 847,536 (90%)
Statewide Deceased: 14,836 (2%)
Statewide Active: 62,266 (7%)

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.

The next update will take place on Monday, September 27, as the ISDH does not provide updates over the weekend.

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.