Union County sees an increase in four COVID-19 positive test results; 14th death in FC is a male in 70s

By John Estridge Union County’s number of positive COVID-19 results went up by four to 41, according to the Indiana State Department of Health daily update on Sunday, August 9. There have not been any COVID-19-related deaths in Union County. Franklin County’s number of positive COVID-19 test results increased by one to 242. There are …

Franklin County records another COVID-19-related death in Saturday’s ISDH report

By John Estridge Franklin County’s COVID-19-related deaths increased by one to 14, according to the Indiana State Department of Health daily report on Saturday, August 8. Franklin County Health Department did not release any new information concerning the latest COVID-19-related death. The number of positive COVID-19 tests increased by one to 241 while Union County’s …

FC’s positive COVID-19 test results increase by six (240); UC’s positive test numbers are up by two to 37

By John Estridge Positive COVID-19 test results increased by four in Franklin County (238) and two in Union County (37) from Thursday, Aug. 6, to the Friday, Aug. 7 report by the Indiana State Health Department. However, the Franklin County COVID-19 Task Force reported the number of positive test results in Franklin County is actually …

ISDH releases its daily COVID-19 report with FC positive test results increasing by three and UC’s increasing by two

By John Estridge Indiana State Department of Health recently released its daily update on the number of COVID-19 positive test results and deaths in the counties and in Indiana as a whole. Franklin County’s positive test results went up by three to 234 while Union County’s went up by two to 35. No new deaths …

ISDH daily update: FC deaths climb to 13

By John Estridge The Indiana State Department of Health released its daily update for the state and Franklin County for Wednesday, Aug. 5. FC deaths believed associated with the COVID-19 went up by two over Tuesday, Aug. 4, with the total now at 13. And the number of positive test results increased to 231 up …

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 …

UCHD going after $100,000 testing grant

By John Estridge Union County Health Nurse Kim Klein came to the Union County Commissioners’ meeting recently with some good news. The county was in line to receive an Indiana Department of Health $100,000 grant for COVID-19 testing. The grant would begin in September and runs through June 2021, Klein said. Both commissioners present at …