The report, which tracked children who went to the emergency department for treatment of the coronavirus, helps to confirm that the vaccines help protect kids from severe illness that would land them in the hospital.
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The week of Christmas the Harvey County Health Department identified 127 new cases of COVID-19, and as of Dec. 28 had 256 known, active cases in the county.
With 1,941 recoveries since the pandemic began and 146 Christmas week, the current case load is down 20 patients.
But there is still concern. Newton Medical Center is reporting they are full. That does not mean all of those people are from Harvey County, said Lynette Redington, director of the Harvey County Health Department. They have staff that are getting tired, getting fatigued, as you can imagine with this daily grind. The more we can keep folks out of hospitals, great.