Marshall County Health Department officials and superintendents from all of the school corporations in Marshall County continue to be in constant communication when it comes to sending students back to school in school buildings this fall.
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The Indiana State Department of Health is working with all school corporations to better report COVID-19 cases to health officials.
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More new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the local area. Marshall County has had another six residents test positive, bringing the total to 827, according to Thursday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health. Pulaski County added two cases for a total of 90, while Starke County’s case count increased by one to 185.
Continue readingAnother seven Marshall County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. That brings the total up to 821, according to Wednesday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health. Pulaski County’s case count increased by one, for a total of 88. No new cases were reported in Starke County.
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Another 850 Indiana residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus which brings the cumulative total of cases in the state to 81,847.
Continue readingSix new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Marshall County and one in Starke County, according to Monday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health.
Continue readingThe COVID-19 case count continues to increase in Starke, Marshall, and Pulaski counties. Starke County had another four residents test positive. That brings the total up to 184, according to Saturday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health.
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Triton students return to class Monday, and the Town of Bourbon is reminding motorists to be on the lookout for student walkers and school buses. Police will monitor traffic before and after school, according to a press release from Town Council President Ward Byers.
Continue readingAnother four Marshall County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. That brings the county’s total up to 805, according to Friday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health. No new cases were reported in Starke or Pulaski counties.
Continue readingMiller’s Merry Manor of Plymouth has now had 19 of its residents die after testing positive for COVID-19. The facility has had a total of 61 resident COVID-19 cases, according to the latest numbers from the Indiana State Department of Health. Forty-one of those were from tests taken on July 3. Thirty-seven staff members at the facility have also tested positive.
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State officials say they’re still looking into how to implement the extra unemployment benefits promised by President Trump. Unemployment recipients were given another $600 a week during the pandemic, but that officially ended July 31.
Continue readingThe number of positive COVID-19 cases in Marshall County has reached 800, according to Thursday’s report from the Indiana State Department of Health.
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Making sure schools are fully funded, even if they offer virtual learning, is the goal of a new recommendation from Governor Holcomb and legislative leaders. Back in June, the governor said he’d endorsed a plan to continue to fund students at 100 percent, if they’re out of the classroom due to COVID-19.
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Indiana’s COVID-19 hospitalization numbers and positivity rate continue to draw concerns from the state health commissioner. During Wednesday’s COVID-19 briefing, Dr. Kris Box said the numbers began to increase after the Fourth of July.
Continue readingThe Indiana State Department of Health report on Wednesday showed a small increase in local positive COVID-19 cases.
Continue readingThe Indiana State Department of Health has recorded an additional COVID-19 death in Marshall County. Twenty-three people have now died of COVID-19 in Marshall County.
Continue readingMarshall County’s positive COVID-19 case count increased by six compared to Sunday’s report to a cumulative total of 790, according to the latest information released by the Indiana State Department of Health.
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As schools consider how to handle potential COVID-19 cases, their staff members may be called upon to help with contact tracing. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Jennifer McCormick said last week that parents have been hesitant to verify their children’s identities and personal information with state contact tracers and have been calling schools instead.
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