Through Sunday, Wabash County has recorded 135 confirmed cases of COVID-19 during the first half of August. Health Department administrator Judy Wissel told the county board yesterday afternoon that the local positivity rate is up to 16.1% leaving Wabash County in the orange level and in the high community transmission category. Wissel said the health department continues to test for COVID every day between 11 and 3 and with the recent surge of positive cases has created a need for more help in the testing trailer.
According to Wissel, she’d like to hire three new testers to help ease the workload on existing employees. Those interested should have some kind of health care work experience. All three vaccines continue to be available at the health department with walk ins welcome Monday thought Thursday between 8 and 4.
And with fall not far away, Wissel said plans are already in place for flu clinics. She said the tentative dates for the drive-thru clinics are October 6th and 9th at the public utility fleet garage on South Mulberry. Having it there, Wissel said, will allow the clinics to be held regardless of the weather.