FC records 11th death associated with COVID-19; positive test results up in both FC and UC

By John Estridge From information released by the Indiana Department of Health and the Union County Department of Health Franklin County has five new positive COVID-19 test results and an 11th death, according to the Indiana Department of Health website. No new information on the death has been released by the Franklin County Health Department. …

FC’s COVID-19 numbers skyrocket to 224, 19 more than Sunday; UC numbers do not change

Information from the ISDH Franklin County’s number of COVID-19 positive test results skyrocketed between the Indiana Department of Health’s Sunday, August 2 numbers and Monday’s August 3 numbers. Nineteen new positive results were tallied, bringing the total to 224. But fortunately, the number of deaths remained unchanged at 10. Union County’s numbers stayed the same …

FC Commissioners reactivate county’s COVID-19 Task Force amid virus resurgence

By John Estridge Franklin County’s COVID-19 Task Force is going to reconvene after a couple of months absence. This is due to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the county. The total stands now as of noon, Tuesday, July 28, at 175 positive cases. That means in two weeks and a day, the increase in …