Created: April 22, 2021 02:28 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Effective immediately, individuals 16 and older no longer have to make an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a Monroe County-run vaccination site or community-based clinic, County Executive Adam Bello announced Thursday. Appointments will no longer be required at any of the Monroe County operated vaccination centers for any individual who’s eligible to be vaccinated in New York state, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello said.
County-run sites include the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, the Monroe County Fleet Center, and all community-based pop-up clinics that are sponsored by the county. For a list of Monroe County-run sites, click here.
COVID-19 vaccine appointments available in Monroe County this week
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No new deaths were reported Thursday.
The total number of deaths is 1,188 to date.
Nursing home and related deaths
At least 621 of those deaths are of nursing home residents, residents of assisted living and adult care facilities, according to state data. That is more than 53% of the total fatalities.
Case updates
The seven-day rolling average positivity rate for Monroe County was 1.6% on Thursday.
There were 180 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last update. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 119 per day. The total positive cases to date: 53,571.
On Tuesday, in the Finger Lakes region, 134 people were hospitalized, 38 of them in ICUs.