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Fresno County health officials seeing improvement in vaccination efforts
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By Friday, about 80,000 first doses and 20,000 second doses had been administered. It s a phenomenal time right now because we hit our first 100,000 doses in Fresno County, says Community Health Division Manager Joe Prado. Definitely a high clap for that because this is what Fresno County can do when we all come together through all of our partnerships and collaboration.
This week, county public health officials say they received 19,000 vaccines instead of their usual 8,000.
Next week, the allotment is expected to be 18,000 doses.
The health department says come March, it ll still be making headway in the Phase 1B category. That category includes seniors, educators, emergency, grocery, and agriculture workers.
A month after COVID-19 infections began to surge following the Thanksgiving holiday, the virus continues to devastate the San Joaquin Valley. Hospitals are
Coronavirus update: 65 new deaths in Fresno; California Republican tests positive [The Fresno Bee]
Jan. 2 Fresno County on New Year’s Day reported 65 new fatal cases of COVID-19 amid fears of a looming surge from the end of the year holidays, according to health officials.
The county has seen 711 deaths among its 66,442 cases of the coronavirus recorded since the pandemic began in March. The county does not report deaths daily, and Friday’s tally was the first in 10 days.
Also, on Friday, Fresno County tallied 1,042 new cases.
With an average of 715 cases a day for the past seven days, Fresno County also has 628 hospitalized patients. There were 10 open and staffed beds in the intensive care units as of Saturday.
Fresno County continues COVID shots for heath-care workers, with wider distribution months away [The Fresno Bee]
Jan. 2 Even as more doctors, nurses and others in the medical profession receive the COVID-19 vaccination, it could be months into the new year before the general public receives their shots.
It’s part of the process in building up the local health system to inoculate the masses ensuring there are enough doses in hand and sufficient medical providers to give the vaccinations.
The Fresno County Department of Public Health said the next three to four months will be key in increasing the number of providers that are approved to administer the vaccine.