Experiencing Issues With Employer Over COVID-19? Call The County Health Dept.
Experiencing Issues With Employer Over COVID-19? Call The County Health Dept.
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
Experiencing Issues With Employer Over COVID-19? Call The County Health Dept.The Kosciusko County Health Department asks that anyone experiencing issues with an employer regarding COVID-19 diagnosis or exposure to contact the KCHD.
The Health Department also encourages employers to reach out to them for any questions or guidance regarding COVID-19. Phone numbers to call are 574-372-3517 or 574-372-3504.
From noon Wednesday to noon Friday, the KCHD received a total of 20 new cases. This gives Kosciusko County a total of 453 positive cases and three deaths, according to Friday’s news release from the KCHD.
Of the 453 cases, 233 are active, 12 are hospitalized active cases and 208 are recovered cases.
The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) on Friday announced that 510 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 44,140 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.
Intensive care unit and ventilator capacity remain steady. As of Friday, more than 36% of ICU beds and nearly 84% of ventilators are available.
A total of 2,403 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of nine over the previous day. Another 192 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 ISDH and occurred over multiple days, according to ISDH’s daily release Friday.
To date, 453,890 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 444,252 on Thursday. The new tests reported include approximately 1,400 negative tests dating from May onward from a lab that recently began reporting negative results to ISDH’s electronic system.
Any Hoosier seeking COVID-testing can obtain it through one of the state-sponsored OptumServe sites, regardless of whether they are at high risk or have symptoms. To find testing locations around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link. More than 200 locations are available around the state.
The city of Warsaw and Kosciusko County government also are using funds from the CARES Act to provide drive-through testing for Kosciusko County residents. The testing is taking place at MedStat in Nappanee, Syracuse and Warsaw, and residents can register for it at medstatonline.com.
