Franklin County (Indiana) Health Department has reported that the county has had its first death related to COVID. The person, a male in his 60s, had been in the care of doctors at an Indiana hospital since March 13. No further information about the patient will be released due to privacy laws. Hospital officials notified […]
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Wayne County Health Department answers questions about COVID-19 response
Wayne County Health Department has been fielding questions and concerns from both the public and businesses as to what the executive order from Wayne County Commissioners, directives from Wayne County Health Officer Dr. David Jetmore, and the Stay Home Order from Gov. Eric Holcomb mean to their lives. CAN I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE […]
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Cambridge City, Centerville, Richmond: Don’t use playground equipment
Cambridge City, Centerville and Richmond officials are urging families not to use public playground equipment or other high-touch items because of COVID-19 transmission risks, although local parks are open for walking, biking and other physically distant recreation activities. Wayne County Health Officer Dr. David Jetmore says research shows the COVID-19 virus can stay in the […]
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New state, local coronavirus numbers (March 26)
COVID testing updates from Reid Health Tests sent: 86 Positive** : 7 (According to the Indiana State Department of Health). Wayne County has a presumed positive case for one resident, announced March 25; other cases are residents of surrounding counties in Reid’s service area). Negative: 43 Pending results: 36 Numbers are as of 9 a.m. […]
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Wayne County confirms first case of COVID-19 in a resident
Wayne County Department of Health announced the first presumptive positive case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in a resident of Wayne County on Wednesday, March 25. Although Wayne County was counted as having its first case on March 19, the Indiana State Department of Health yesterday reclassified that patient to Fayette County. The Wayne County patient […]
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Fayette County has 3rd presumptive case of COVID-19
Fayette County Health Department announced the county’s third presumptive case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Wednesday (March 25). The patient is self-isolating at home. No additional information about the patient is being released because of privacy laws. County health department officials say they are working closely with local and state health officials to ensure contacts […]
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Henry Community Health, Reid welcome mask donations, offer links to patterns
Henry Community Health Henry Community Health offers a great big thank you to everyone who has offered to make face masks to give to its staff. “Your generosity overwhelms and encourages us,” HCH officials said. This pattern from Buttoncounter.com provides instructions on the type of mask that would be most useful for HCH care team […]
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COVID-19 local, state testing numbers (March 25)
As of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, Reid Health has sent in 73 COVID-19 tests for processing. At that time, there were six presumed positive, 38 negative tests and 29 pending results. The total includes hospitalized patients and self-quarantines. Here are the state’s updated numbers as of Tuesday, March 24: Total positive cases: 365 Total […]
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Centerville schools now distributing meals on Wednesdays
Centerville-Abington Community Schools now can provide meals weekly for its students while schools are closed, starting today (March 25). The school district previously could not plan to distribute food because its percentage of students who qualified for free/reduced lunch was lower than 50 percent, but the state has relaxed its earlier requirements. Meals will be […]
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Food pantry update for Hagerstown-area residents
Jefferson Township Trustee Joe Smith said food pantry hours are from 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays. While residents are not allowed into the office, they can knock on the back door and a box of prepackaged food will be brought to them. If you have an emergent need, you can call (765) 489-4824. It is […]