19 more cases of Covid-19 reported in Dubois County
Thursday, the Indiana State Department of Health reported 19 new cases of Covid-19 in Dubois County.
A total of 1,386 cases have been recorded in the county and 26 residents have died from Covid-19. At the time of the update, 9,572 Dubois County residents had been tested.
All the information regarding the pandemic can be found on the ISDH Covid-19 Dashboard at https://www.coronavirus.in.gov/2393.htm. The state updates the dashboard daily at noon.
The Indiana State Department of Health also reported 2,880 new cases across the state bringing the total to 155,246 cases. A total of 3,831 Hoosiers have died from the virus and another 234 probable deaths have been reported.
For testing, the site at 400 S. Clay St. in Jasper is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. It is closed on Sunday and Monday.
You can register for an appointment at https://scheduling.coronavirus.in.gov/.
At the site, you will have to click “I don’t have an invitation code.”
If you do not have internet you can call the primary phone at 812-329-0523. If no one answers, leave a message and they will call you back.
Results should be available within 72 hours. If you do not get your results, you can call the Indiana State Department of Health at 1-877-826-0011.
Testing is for anyone who lives or works in Indiana. Anyone can be tested, even those not showing symptoms. There is no charge for the testing. However, if you do have private health care insurance, you are asked to bring that to the testing site.
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center also has a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site located at the former Old National Bank building next to Fazoli’s on the corner of Third Avenue and Rumbach Street in Jasper.
A physician/provider order and appointment time are required. Drive-thru times are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call Memorial Hospital’s COVID-19 hotline at 812-996-6330 with any questions.
You can also get evaluated for Covid-19 at the Memorial Urgent Care, 507 E. 19th Street, Huntingburg and at the Memorial Hospital Emergency Department in Jasper.
Dubois County Cases 1,386 (19 new)
Dubois County Tested Individuals 9,572 (52 new)
Dubois County Deaths 26 (0 new)
Dubois County Cases by age (total 1386)
0-19 219 cases
20-29 261 cases
30-39 208 cases
40-49 245 cases
50-59 196 cases
60-69 104 cases
70-79 61 cases
80 + 87 cases
Deaths by Age Group (total 26)
0-19 0 deaths
20-29 0 deaths
30-39 0 deaths
40-49 0 deaths
50-59 3 deaths
60-69 3 deaths
70-79 8 deaths
80 + 12 deaths
Dubois County Mortality Rate by Age
0-49 0%
50-59 1.6%
60-69 2.7%
70-79 13.1%
80 + 13.89%
Mr. Hensley I don’t understand what you’re trying to say?
Could you please help me?
He is trying to get people to think for themselves. You should try it.
He’s not trying to get people to think for themselves. he’s wanting people to believe his “lost cause” theory which is:
He doesn’t like that the big jump in covid cases is being reported by dcfp. makes his boss trump look bad. so he provides distractions.
These are stats straight from the Indiana COVID Dash Board for Dubois County. Our county health board only provides us a vague look at the stats. The state provides much more information so we can make better informed decisions regarding the virus. I hope this can answer some of the questions the community might have regarding the virus.
1. Who is getting infected?
2. Who is dying from the virus?
3. What is the mortality rate?
4. What age groups are more vulnerable?
5. Is it safe to go to school?
6. Is it safe to go to work?
7. Is it safe to attend a wedding?
8. Is it safe to go to church?
9. Is it safe to eat out or should I eat in?
The more we learn about this virus, the better informed decisions we can make for ourselves.
There are some great therapeutics coming. Remdesivir just got approved. Regeneron’s REGN-COV2 antibody cocktail will soon be approved. These two drugs will dramatically reduce the mortality of COVID-19 but until then we all need to make informed decisions to protect the vulnerable.
sometimes vague works. What Hensley is trying to to is distract people from the fact that the numbers in Dubois County have been going up. way up. So he puts more stats out. just like trump does. smokescreens. That’s what they do. but just read the headlines on dcfp stating many cases there were, say a month ago. it was like 4, or 7, or, 2. Now it’s 19, 23, 21, etc. If I want a breakdown by age I can find it for myself, but it’s obvious that cases are going WAY UP. Deal with it.
To a majority of Dubois county, these are just numbers. To 26 families, these are losses of loved ones gone too soon. Mothers, fathers, grandparents. To the ones who say it’s nothing to worry about, “Im not wearing a mask”, I hope you never have to go through what 26 families have gone through.
Actually it’s more than just 26 families. It is cousins, aunts and uncles, neighbors and friends. My brother passed away in May from COVID-19. I know the pain. We should all be wearing masks but we also can’t just stay in the house for the next 6 months. If you’re concerned about your children dying vs going to school then keep your child home. If you see the chance is zero that they will die in school then send them to school. If your thirty and your scared to go to work even though the chances of you dying is less than the seasonal flu then stay home. But some have families to feed and bills to pay and they have to go to work. Currently if you are under 49 you have a greater chance of dying from the season flu than COVID-19. Make educated safe choices.
This virus is NEVER going away. It is a new and another variation of the flu virus that will be with us for years to come. This vaccine isn’t a one time vaccine, it could be an annual vaccine. We just don’t know.
Protect the vulnerable!
I never said anything about staying home. I was just trying to get across that we need to wear masks. It’s not that hard to do. I was at IGA the other day and walked out behind two individuals. As I get past the door, they take off their masks and said “ glad I can breathe now”. You can breathe with it on. Quit being so selfish.
I’m breaking my rule of no longer posting here to say sorry for your loss. When I said I had at risk family members and encouraged what you have said, wearing masks and social distancing, I was mocked for it and others got threats which the free press somehow manually approved.
I also agree that the point we could realistically eliminate the virus has long since passed. At this point it is mitigating the damage. For a rural county of 30,000 people the numbers are still quite high even if the cases aren’t ultimately lethal. Those numbers also don’t mention if there are any long term effects of contracting the virus even if you survive, which we still don’t know the full scope of.
If only there weren’t people who undermined any kind of efforts to prevent unneeded deaths since March. This country will get it’s comeuppance for it. Regardless of who the president is.
I will admit Mr Lightman I never took a statistics class in school. But as for thinking for myself that’s not a problem.
I’ve recently learned I have a voice. I no longer have to be afraid to speak up.
My comment isn’t vague by any means, it’s brutally honest.
In my opinion these statistics show an overwhelming number of COVID-19 cases in young individuals (under the age of 50). This shows a lack of irresponsibility, a lack of respect for others and a lack of respect for those in authority.
In my opinion your statistics show it was young individuals who brought the Coronavirus home to mom, dad, grandma, and grandpa. It was young individuals who brought the virus into the nursing homes where they worked.
This isn’t an accusation against anyone working in a nursing home where COVID-19 deaths occurred.
On the job or off the job we all have a responsibility to follow what we’ve been told since March.
Mr. Hensley, I hope young individuals aren’t making informed decisions based on these statistics. They’re a false sense of safety.
Agree, and well-said Rosemary. Some people in Dubois County seem to think we all live in some sort of bubble. That we’re largely immune to what’s happening throughout the rest of the country and the rest of the world. This insular thinking is naïve and potentially dangerous. We don’t live in a vacuum, much as might think or hope that we do.
230,000 Americans are dead from this virus as of right now—and it’s not just the elderly or those with co-morbidities. Hospitals are seeing it in younger, seemingly healthy adults, too.
If we let our guard down and fail to act responsibly in our own community, our numbers can easily double or triple or even quadruple over the next several weeks and months. That’s not fear mongering; it’s just the reality of what is happening everywhere else.
Wake up, people.
TO: Daryl Hensley
I have been trying to find these stats, but can’t. I have been all over the Dashboards with no luck. Would you walk me through it for Dubois County.
Also, no one says this is not serious, but we have never shut down the country for many past serious problems: 2 World Wars, Scarlet Fever, TB, all prior flus, and Polio, to name a few.
I agree it is all Trump’s fault. He and the Russians, Chinese, Ukranians, North Koreans, Iranians, Pro/Proud/Po Boys, anti-Antifas, and the Guam for Statehood advocates are behind everything.
By the was—Where is Hunter and who is the Big Guy? Inquiring minds want to know.