FRIDAY'S COVID-19 UPDATE: School data released, county still in red

Indiana two-week metric scores

Coordinator of Health Services for Clay Community Schools Lynn Stoelting, BSN RN, provided updated COVID-19 data Thursday.

According to the data, 31 students tested positive for COVID-19 during the week of September 13-16, 2021, with 97 students placed in quarantine. (See the chart supplied by CCSC Thursday for more data.)

Clay Community Schools uses the Indiana State Department of Health’s ADVISORY LEVEL, referring to current COVID-19 guidelines all Indiana counties must follow. On that chart (www.coronavirus.in.gov/), Clay County is currently in the RED.

County death toll rises to 56

The number of COVID-19 confirmed deaths reached 56, as this week’s update of Indiana State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Report Dashboard shows Clay County remains in the RED categories on the 2-Week Metric Score, Advisory Level, Weekly Cases Per 100,000 Residents, and the 7-Day All Tests Positivity Rate.

The ISDH reports 97% of the samples taken from positive cases this month are the Delta Variant (B.1.627.2).