Shortly after the CDC relaxed age restrictions for a COVID-19 vaccine, the number of Grand Forks County residents ages 12-17 who'd received at least one dose sat at about 10%. It's since risen to 19%.
By Doug Barrett
Dashboard changes: New (top) Old (bottom)
After bouncing between “yellow” and “green” on the Grand Forks dashboard for COVID-19 health officials are tweaking the metrics to better reflect virus activity in the community.
The health department’s Michael Dulitz says starting today (Tuesday) three major changes have been implemented in calculating the guidance: adding vaccination rates…increasing the size of the “red” category…and changing category weights.
“We put a lot more emphasis on hospital capacity being 40% of the score along with new case rate because both would be drivers of potential problems in the community.”
Grand Forks is currently in the “green” or low risk for coronavirus.
Grand Forks plans mobile vaccine clinic, changes to local COVID-19 risk gauge
Grand Forks Public Health staff plan to roll out a mobile vaccination clinic that they ll take to different spots around town in an effort to make it easier for residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine. They also plan to change the Grand Forks Health Officer s Dashboard, a gauge that uses Grand Forks County coronavirus data to put together a daily assessment of the risk the virus poses to people here. 8:15 am, May 24, 2021 ×
In this Grand Forks Herald file photo, Samantha Ketterling, pharmacy manager at Thrifty White, draws a dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at Valley Senior Living in Grand Forks. (Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald)
Grand Forks plans a mobile vaccine clinic, changes to local COVID-19 risk gauge
Grand Forks Public Health staff plan to roll out a mobile vaccination clinic that they ll take to different spots around town in an effort to make it easier for residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine. They also plan to change the Grand Forks Health Officer s Dashboard, a gauge that uses Grand Forks County coronavirus data to put together a daily assessment of the risk the virus poses to people here. 9:00 am, May 22, 2021 ×
In this Grand Forks Herald file photo, Samantha Ketterling, pharmacy manager at Thrifty White, draws a dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at Valley Senior Living in Grand Forks. (Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald)