By DAVID SKOLNICK
Staff writer
The number of Ohioans getting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine significantly increased in the past few days, but only 22.5 percent of the overall vaccines provided to the state have been used, health officials reported.
As of Thursday, 119,401 people had the first dose, according to the Ohio Department of Health. That’s 1.02 percent of the state’s population.
Vaccinations started two weeks ago.
But, they pointed to an encouraging sign: Vaccinations have picked up significantly in the past few days.
Between Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, 25,338 vaccinations were given, the most for a 24-hour period, with 22,471 between Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, ODH reported. The 47,809 total in those 48 hours is 40 percent of all vaccinations given in the state.
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Matthew Tubbs, maintenance manager at the Eugenia Atkinson Recreation Center on Otis Street near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, learns more about being vaccinated against COVID-19 from Erin Bishop, Youngstown health commissioner, center, and Noelle Kosela, a health department contact tracer.
The number of Ohioans getting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine significantly increased in the past few days, but only 22.5 percent of the overall vaccines provided to the state have been used, health officials reported.
As of Thursday, 119,401 people had the first dose, according to the Ohio Department of Health. That’s 1.02 percent of the state’s population.