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Update (8/26/20): 1 Additional Clinton County Resident Has Died Related To COVID-19, 2 More Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH – Clinton County Today

Update (8/26/20): 1 Additional Clinton County Resident Has Died Related To COVID-19, 2 More Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Wednesday, August 26, 2020, Clinton County had 1 new death related to COVID-19 and 2 new positive tests, 525 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 7 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 6,691 residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the ISDH.

The death is reported to have taken place Saturday, August 22, 2020.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 4.5% as of August 19, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 6.6%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 971 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 89,359 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 3,041 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,022,537 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 1,010,981 on Monday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of August 25, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 39
Emergency Visits: 98
ICU Admits: 7
Hospital Deaths: 3

Statewide Recovery: 66,703 (78%)
Statewide Deceased: 3,023 (4%)
Statewide Active: 15,289 (18%)

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:
850 Delphi Ave, Frankfort (Back Activity Building of the old Christian Life Church)
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday) through August 26th

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

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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.

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CSF School Board Accepts Supt. Don DeWesse’s Retirement Effective Oct 2, Joel McKinney Named Interim Beginning Oct 3

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In a special meeting of the Community Schools of Frankfort School Board held Tuesday, August 25, 2020, the School Board accepted a letter of retirement from Superintendent Don DeWeese Effective Friday, October 2, 2020.

The Board then approved a separation agreement between The Community Schools of Frankfort and Superintendent Don DeWeese. The specifics of the separation agreement has yet to be released.

DeWeese previously submitted his letter of retirement at the July 14, 2020, School Board meeting and the Board accepted with an effective date of January 11, 2021.

During the same July 14 meeting, the Board named current CSF Assistant Superintendent Joel McKinney to replace DeWeese as new Superintendent beginning January 12, 2021.

McKinney will begin serving as Interim Superintendent on October 3 until his official start as the next Superintendent of CSF on January 12, 2021.

In other business conducted during the special meeting, the School Board approved the creation of a new position and job description for a COVID-19 Assistant. This new position will be advertised to seek applicants. Currently, the task of tracking and performing contact tracing related to the pandemic within CSF falls on McKinney.

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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.

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