Vaccine allocations improve for Cleveland County
At least in the short term, those numbers appear to be improving.
The Cleveland County Public Health Center announced on Wednesday it will have a little over 2,000 vaccines to distributes the first week of March. In order to schedule appointments for those shots the department opened its vaccine appointment line on Thursday and Friday of this week to schedule appointments.
Here are a few things to know:
1. Who is getting vaccinated:
North Carolina is still in vaccination group three, which includes all teachers, childcare workers and certain front line essential workers.
Vaccination efforts will focus on all teachers and childcare providers, as well as those in vaccine groups one and two until March 10. After that date, vaccines will be available to front line workers in eight different categories - critical manufacturing, education, essential goods, food and agriculture, government and community services, healthcare and public h
4:58
On January 7 2020 a group of students from Niwot High testified in front of the Boulder County Commissioners calling on them to ban fracking in the face of a proposal for a huge drilling site just 3 miles from their school.
Simon Saia, co-leader of the Niwot High environmental club, was one of the students who testified at the meeting.
“I m a junior and now high school and I m here with my fellow Niwot High School environmental Club students to bring awareness to the crest own CDP and also ask for a permanent ban on all new oil and gas installments in Boulder County,” testified Saia.
As the year comes to a close, COVID-19 case counts continue to climb nine months after the pandemic began. The Alamance County Health Department reported Sunday there have been a total of 10,583 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 147 deaths since the disease struck the area earlier this year.
Sunday’s case count indicates 644 new cases confirmed in the past week and 13 new deaths. The Health Department reported 991 individuals remain in isolation, while 9,445 have recovered and been released from isolation. Forty-nine people were hospitalized for COVID-related care as of Sunday.
An average of 111 new cases has been reported per day in the last week, including 165 on Sunday.
While vaccine distribution has started among local healthcare workers, the latest figures posted to the Alamance County Health Department website Wednesday morning show the pandemic is more widespread than ever.
There have been a total of 10,057 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Alamance County since March and 136 deaths.
Figures made available on Monday indicates 670 new cases confirmed in the past week and seven new deaths. Two more deaths have been added as of Wednesday morning. The Health Department reported 919 individuals remain in isolation, while 8,886 have recovered, according to Monday figures. Fifty-six people were hospitalized for COVID-related care as of Monday.An average of 112 new cases has been reported per day in the last week, including 133 on Monday.