By DAVID SKOLNICK
Staff writer
The number of Ohioans getting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine significantly increased in the past few days, but only 22.5 percent of the overall vaccines provided to the state have been used, health officials reported.
As of Thursday, 119,401 people had the first dose, according to the Ohio Department of Health. That’s 1.02 percent of the state’s population.
Vaccinations started two weeks ago.
But, they pointed to an encouraging sign: Vaccinations have picked up significantly in the past few days.
Between Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, 25,338 vaccinations were given, the most for a 24-hour period, with 22,471 between Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, ODH reported. The 47,809 total in those 48 hours is 40 percent of all vaccinations given in the state.
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Staff photo / Ed Runyan
Matthew Tubbs, maintenance manager at the Eugenia Atkinson Recreation Center on Otis Street near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, learns more about being vaccinated against COVID-19 from Erin Bishop, Youngstown health commissioner, center, and Noelle Kosela, a health department contact tracer.
The number of Ohioans getting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine significantly increased in the past few days, but only 22.5 percent of the overall vaccines provided to the state have been used, health officials reported.
As of Thursday, 119,401 people had the first dose, according to the Ohio Department of Health. That’s 1.02 percent of the state’s population.
Staff photo / Ed Run
yan
Anthea Mickens, director of nursing for the Youngstown City Health District, gives Youngstown Fire Chief Barry Finley a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination Wednesday at the main fire station, along with other members of his department and personnel from the AMR ambulance compan
YOUNGSTOWN About 40 people some from the Youngstown Fire Department and some from AMR ambulance company were vaccinated Wednesday against COVID-19 by the Youngstown City Health District.
The health district received 900 doses of the Moderna vaccine, health Commissioner Erin Bishop said. Those vaccinated at the main Youngstown fire station were the first to get the vaccines from the city health district.