DeSantis says Marion seniors to receive 6,500 extra COVID-19 vaccines
Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Ocala on Friday and said that Marion County has been given 6,500 extra doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week so that local health officials can get more shots into the arms of residents ages 65 and older.
So far, 80% of the estimated 60,000 doses that Marion has received from the state have gone to seniors. But Marion still has one of lowest percentages of seniors (about 44%) who have been vaccinated when compared with other Florida counties.
The lower percentage is because Marion has a higher-than-average percentage of seniors (31.6%) of the overall population, which is 348,371.