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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, December 9, 2020 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg COVID-19 Continued from page 1 sioners, during their meet- ing, cases in Pike County had spiked in the last week. She said, from Monday, Novem- ber 30 to Sunday, December 6, there were 104 new cases recorded in Pike County. She said five of those were from a different county. She submit- ted those corrections on Mon- day, hoping it would keep Pike County from moving to Lev- el 3, but she said on Tuesday, she was contacted that Pike County was moving to Level 3 anyway. By Tuesday afternoon, Pike County had increased to 652 cases in the county. There have been 21 deaths in the county so far. Last week, on Tuesday, Pike County had 552. There has been one new death reported in Pike Coun- ty in the last seven days. Gladish said Pike Coun- ty's active cases are at about 118, which is up from about 80 last week. She blamed the increase on Thanksgiving get-togethers. She said she expects the numbers locally to start dropping and then in- crease again at Christmas. Statewide, cases in Indiana are dropping from their all- time high of 8,542 on Decem- ber 2. By December 7, that had fallen to 5,445 new cases. Deaths peaked at 74 on De- cember 2 as well. That num- ber fell to 34 by December 7. Hospitalizations peaked at 3,460 on December 2 and were at 3,250 on December 7. Pike County testing site, which is located on the park- ing lot of the Petersburg Moose, will now be open Monday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday from 3 to 6 p.m., and Thursday and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Testing is free. Anyone wanting to be tested can go online and fill out a registra- tion and then go to drive-thru testing site. People are asked to not get out of their vehicles. yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. NEWS BRIEFS Flu clinic Dec. 14 at Pike Co. and Oakland City Public Libraries The Pike County and Oakland City Public Libraries have partnered with the Indiana Immunization Coalition to host a no-cost, on-site flu vaccination clinic on Monday, Dec.14. Shots will be available for those six months and up. Those with private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid are asked to bring their card for proper billing and those without in- surance will not be charged. Appointments for the Petersburg branch of the Pike County Library are available from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST and at Oakland City Library from 1-4 p.m. CST. Ap- pointments can be made by calling the libraries at 812- 354-6257 (Petersburg) or 812-749 -3559 (Oakland City). A reminder to all, that due to COVID-19 procedures, social distancing and masks are required to enter the li- braries. Upcoming event? We want to know! Do you have an upcoming event? Send it to news@press- dispatch.net. 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Commissioners vote to request $24K to purchase a ventilator, new cot for EMS By Andy Heuring Pike County Commission- ers voted to request an addi- tional $24,000 to purchase a ventilator and new cot for the Emergency Medical Service. EMS Director Chris Young said originally he had request- ed two new cots to replace their 12-year-old cots. How- ever, he said they have been getting requests for transfers of patients on a ventilator. He said a ventilator costs $17,000 and a new cot is $7,000. Young said at the last meeting, the commissioners had approved him requesting the two new cots. He asked they change the additional re- quest to $24,000 for the cot and a ventilator. They voted 3-0 to approve the request that has to go be- fore the county council. Commissioners voted 3-0 to approve a two-week unpaid leave for Larry Julian. "Not more than two weeks," said Commissioner Ryan Coleman. Commissioner president Mark Flint said Julian was re- questing the county pay his in- surance for those two weeks. "If we don't, it goes to CO- BR A", which would require Julian to pay for those two weeks. Coleman said he would agree if they kept it to the two weeks. It was approved by a 3- 0 vote. The commissioners also ap- proved an agreement with the Indiana Department of Trans- portation for a reimbursement of $2,200 of rock to put on a county road after it was used as an unofficial detour. The road was a detour when IN- DOT was repairing a bridge. Several old surveillance cameras in and on the court- house were replaced recent- ly. Commissioner Assis- tant Kristi Dischinger said they just need to get approv- al to dispose of the camer- as. Sheriff Kent Johnson said he would like one because it might be used as a replace- ment if one in the jail goes out. "They are actually newer than ours," said Johnson. "You can have them if you agree to take them all," said Commissioner Jeff Nelson. Johnson said he could han- dle that. The commissioners' next meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, December 21.