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County up to 48 confirmed COVID-19 cases

Friday, April 17, 2020

Putnam County officials announced Friday that there have now been 48 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county.

The Putnam County Health Department is continuing to investigate all confirmed cases of COVID-19 and notifying individuals who have been in direct contact with the patient.

Anyone who does not receive a call is most likely not a direct contact during the infectious period, according to the Indiana State Dept. of Health guidelines.

Other updates from local officials include:

• Spring property tax installment is due May 11, 2020.

Putnam County Treasurer Kathy Minnick is sharing how to pay the spring property tax installment without physically visiting the Putnam County Courthouse. Learn more here.

• Family and Support Services of West Central Indiana is offering free support for victims of violence and families with young children.

If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, FSSWCI can help. Visit www.pchosp.org to learn more, and for a list of mental health resources.

• Stay at home if you can, and practice social distancing.

With state and federal leaders forecasting a surge of COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks, please continue to stay at home when possible and practice social distancing.

To learn more, visit https://coronavirus.in.gov.

Local officials are also encouraging preventive steps, including:

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60 percent alcohol.

• Don’t touch your eyes, nose or mouth, especially with unwashed hands.

• Avoid close contact with people who are showing symptoms of illness.

• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.

• Cover your cough or sneezes with a tissue or sneeze into your elbow.

• Throw the tissue in the garbage and make sure to clean your hands afterward.

• Stay home when you are sick.

• We are all in this together.

Putnam County is providing regular updates on COVID-19 to citizens as part of its effort to complement the daily updates from the ISDH.

The ISDH updates occur at 10 a.m. and can be accessed via www.coronavirus.in.gov. According to the ISDH, the number of tests it lists is provisional and reflects only those reported to ISDH. Numbers should not be characterized as a comprehensive total.

To learn more about Putnam County’s coordinated response to COVID-19, visit the Putnam County Hospital at www.pchosp.org/covid-19-updates or the Putnam County Health Department at www.putnamhealthindiana.org.

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  • Less than 1% of Putnam county residents have been tested. When will testing for the coronavirus be available to all Putnam county residents? Without testing, we don't know who is sick, how high the infection rates are, and what the death rate is. We don't know if we're asymptomatic and spreading the disease to others. Without testing, we don't have the information we need to re-open this state for business.

    I've asked Congressman Baird's office several times: On what date will Putnam county residents have widespread access to testing? The answer is always silence.

    The federal government failed to develop and coordinate testing. The result is the health care and economic crisis we continue to endure. Congressman Baird, when will testing be available for all Putnam county residents?

    -- Posted by SamJohnson on Fri, Apr 17, 2020, at 10:39 PM
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    Here is the information you need to re-open the state (and the country):

    1) It is unconstitutional to "lock down" the people and the economy.

    2) This virus isn't going away in a week, two weeks, two months, or likely even two years.

    Even herd immunity doesn't mean that it won't pop up here-and-there.

    So the choice is: open it all back up now and deal with the virus (as we should have done originally), or continue down this path of destruction to our liberties, our economy, and ultimately our country.

    -- Posted by dreadpirateroberts on Sat, Apr 18, 2020, at 12:20 AM

  • I would like to know how many of the 48 still have it.

    -- Posted by dpriest on Sat, Apr 18, 2020, at 9:44 AM
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