28th death from Covid-19 reported

Saturday, the Indiana State Department of Health reported one new death in Dubois County attributed to Covid-19 bringing the total number of Dubois County deaths up to 28.

Additionally, the state reported 34 new cases of Covid-19 bringing the total up to 1,621. There have been 10,125 Dubois County residents tested.

Across the state, 3,505 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 179,358 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard. Today’s counts include historic results that added an additional 50 cases, 519 tested individuals and 8,296 tests administered.

A total of 4,096 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of 46 from the previous day. Another 236 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.      

Testing:

For local 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 website, 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.