County COVID Case Count Continues Climbing, Health Dept. Reports
County COVID Case Count Continues Climbing, Health Dept. Reports
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
County COVID Case Count Continues Climbing, Health Dept. ReportsKosciusko County Health Department received a total of 60 new positive molecular and antigen COVID-19 cases between noon Tuesday and noon Thursday.
This gives the county a cumulative total of 1,436 positive antigen and molecular cases, including 17 deaths. The count also includes 233 active cases and nine hospitalized active cases, with 1,168 recovered cases.
Women make up 786 of the cases, with 650 of the cases men.
By age, 306 are 19 to 29; 255, 50 to 59; 202, 40 to 49; 198, 60 to 69; 175, 30 to 39; 150, birth to 18; 78, 70 to 79; and 72 are between the ages of 80 to 99, according to information provided by the KCHD.
The information also states that 71.4% of the people in the county who have tested positive for COVID-19 are white; 25.1% are Hispanic; 0.3% are African American; and 2.1% are “other.”
According to information from the city of Warsaw, there is some confusion among residents as to where COVID-19 testing is currently available in the community.
It is no longer available via temporary testing sites at Central Park. Residents may be tested free of cost, regardless of whether or not they have insurance, by contacting MedStat or Parkview Warsaw Hospital.
As Mayor Joe Thallemer announced during last week's press conference, a permanent testing site is being developed by the Bowen Center and the KCHD, and more information will be released on that at a later date.
The Indiana Department of Health on Thursday announced that 1,488 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at the state laboratory, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 129,677 the total number of Indiana residents known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
A total of 3,515 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 16 from the previous day following corrections to the dashboard, according to the ISDH. Another 227 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by the state and occurred over multiple days.
As of Thursday’s news release from the ISDH, 1,451,391 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 1,440,917 on Wednesday. A total of 2,246,099 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26.
To find testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
