County announces COVID-19 case

On March 22, 2020, the Clinton County Health Department was notified by a Healthcare Provider of a presumptive positive for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The affected party is a Male between 40 and 50 years of age, and a resident of Clinton County. The party is experiencing mild illness, and is recovering at home, under voluntary self-isolation.

The Clinton County Health Department is working with Regional, State, and Federal partners in response to this presumptive positive case, and will continue to work to reduce the risk posed by this illness to the residents of Clinton County.

This presumptive positive test reinforces the message that local, State, and Federal Health Authorities have been stressing over the past several weeks: This illness is within our communities, and members or our communities must take protective actions as advised by Health Authorities to slow and prevent it’s spread within our communities.