photo by: Ashley Golledge
Ed Rosales administers a vaccine at Douglas County's COVID-19 clinic at the Douglas County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
Data from four local health organizations showed that more than 50,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Douglas County as of Thursday.
Altogether, data from the four distributors — LMH Health, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, Heartland Community Health Center and Haskell Indian Health Center — showed that 50,080 first doses and 32,984 second doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered. That’s an increase of 2,307 first doses and 5,990 second doses since the county last reported vaccine distribution information to the Journal-World on April 8.