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Positive COVID tests confirmed at Cloverdale, North Putnam schools

Monday, August 17, 2020
By JARED JERNAGAN, Editor
Cloverdale Schools administration office

With school back in session in Putnam County, at two local school has students who have tested positive for COVID-19.

The Putnam County Health Department confirmed Tuesday afternoon that both Cloverdale and North Putnam schools have had positive cases.

There have been two positive tests at Cloverdale and one at North Putnam.

Cloverdale Supt. Greg Linton confirmed this with a statement posted on the school website Monday.

“As we enter our second full week of school, CCSC has identified a small number of students who have tested positive for COVID-19,” Linton wrote. “School administration has worked closely with the Putnam County Health Department to quickly contact all individuals who have been in contact with those who have tested positive.”

North Putnam has not publicly made such a statement.

Linton further encouraged students, staff and community members to practice habits to help slow the spread of the disease.

“It is important to continue to wear the appropriate PPE, wash your hands regularly, social distance and stay home if you are not feeling well,” Linton wrote. “Information will continue to be provided as it becomes available.”

As of Monday, Putnam County had seen a modest increase of 13 cases since the last Banner Graphic report on Thursday.

On Tuesday, the county saw a sharper increase, with 21 new cases in the Indiana State Department of Health daily report.

Story has been updated from the version that ran in the Tuesday print edition.

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  • Supt. Linton: What's your definition of a "small number"? Why be so vague?

    -- Posted by Ben Dover on Mon, Aug 17, 2020, at 9:23 PM

  • One student testested positive.

    -- Posted by Blueberry63 on Mon, Aug 17, 2020, at 9:30 PM

  • This "bit" of news deserves more than a "bit" so we all don't make up what is missing. Sad that Blueberry63 has to tell us one student. And?????

    -- Posted by banana49 on Mon, Aug 17, 2020, at 10:38 PM

  • Well, one student is all I takes to spread the virus.

    -- Posted by Queen53 on Tue, Aug 18, 2020, at 9:47 AM

  • Then why does it say "Positive COVID 'tests'confirmed? Plural not singular. And then to state a small number? Come on, how about some facts. And yes Queen53, one is all it takes.

    -- Posted by laura.martin.baseball on Tue, Aug 18, 2020, at 11:09 AM

  • This article doesn’t make me feel there was only one case, BB63. Why not the actual number? Other school systems, in Indiana, are being transparent when reporting cases/numbers.

    -- Posted by kbmom on Tue, Aug 18, 2020, at 11:33 AM

  • Why not just send prayers that all will recover instead of finger pointing! This is as bad as all your face book GOSSIP!

    -- Posted by your mom on Tue, Aug 18, 2020, at 3:45 PM

  • Many prayers going out to all of the school families, teachers, maintenance, etc during these very difficult days.

    -- Posted by Nit on Tue, Aug 18, 2020, at 3:58 PM

  • The only difficult thing about these days is the fact that everyone is exploiting this "deadly" virus. Truth is, the mortality rate is only about 3%. If everyone would just let it run its course, like any other strain of influenza, there would be less of an uproar and we could all just go about living our lives.

    -- Posted by anymouse on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 8:24 AM

  • "anymouse", no one is exploiting this disease. People are moaning and groaning to have to wear masks....get over it. Anything that might help is worth trying. Maybe you should talk to some people whose family member has died from COVID. People who have died aren't even getting to have a decent funeral service. Unfortunately, it is small-minded people like you who make issues like this worse.

    -- Posted by Queen53 on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 9:31 AM

  • Queen, For clarity, a virus is different from a disease. Viruses cause diseases. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause diseases. It has nothing to do with the masks, in my opinion. This is about the possibility of bankrupting our country. This is about families losing everything they have worked for. This is about the increase in mental health issues and suicides. This is about families burying loved ones NOT affected by Covid, but still not having a decent funeral. This is about a massive-spread fear....for a THREE PERCENT mortality rate! Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc...these are real diseases. These are the diseases we should be worried about! Not an influenza strain. Assuming I meant anything about masks makes you very small-minded...

    -- Posted by anymouse on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 9:43 AM
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    Anymouse - Queen53 is a mask-crusader who will not listen to anything reasonable or logical if it goes against what the magic box in her living room tells her.

    And yes, there are LOTS of people/groups exploiting COVID/Coronavirus.

    Fear is a powerful motivator.

    Especially for those that value security over freedom.

    -- Posted by dreadpirateroberts on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 9:54 AM

  • "the mortality rate is only about 3%"........that translates to 900 people in this county alone......

    -- Posted by Rockypenguin on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 10:45 AM
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    I wouldn't worry to much about the virus. It should disappear by last April or so.

    -- Posted by RSOTS on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 10:47 AM

  • DPR, yes I have seen enough of her comments to know which side of the fence Queen is on and I am not going to entertain her ridiculousness.

    The fact remains, this is not a deadly virus that is going to wipe out the population. The sad truth is that it is creating a mass spread of fear and for whatever reason, the sheep are following. What is going to be wiped out is our economy. And that scares me 100 times more than some silly influenza that has a 97% recovery rate!

    -- Posted by anymouse on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 10:49 AM
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    Anymouse, I believe you have confused facts with opinions. Not that I 100% disagree with your opinions but they are just that, opinions and not facts as you have stated.

    I do agree that this virus is being exploited. But it is being exploited by both sides of the argument.

    -- Posted by RSOTS on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 11:19 AM

  • RSOTS, I don't get confused :)

    -- Posted by anymouse on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 11:27 AM
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    If anyone is interested, I recommend reading this about the truth of COVID-19 (You are being lied to...)

    https://www.redstate.com/michael_thau/2020/08/19/new-covid-study-no-symptoms-not...

    -- Posted by dreadpirateroberts on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 12:26 PM

  • If Covid is reported in public school corporations...why haven't they reported it to the school kids families!

    -- Posted by mom67 on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 12:35 PM

  • Redstate, wow thats a reliable news source. LOL. Pathetic

    -- Posted by BJCP96 on Wed, Aug 19, 2020, at 3:56 PM
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    BJCP - Don't worry, child...I addressed it more fully in the comments on the other post.

    Unlike yourself, I am smart enough to separate the wheat from the chaff when reading articles and can usually glean something of value if its in there.

    I suspect many others on here can do the same.

    I'm guessing you have nothing relevant to add, as usual?

    -- Posted by dreadpirateroberts on Thu, Aug 20, 2020, at 1:58 PM
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