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34.7 percent of Clinton County residents currently vaccinated
By Gary Huffenberger - ghuffenberger@wnewsj.com
From left at Monday’s meeting of the Clinton County Board of Health are Clinton County Health Commissioner Pam Bauer and Tansy Bernard with the health department.
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WILMINGTON In Clinton County, 34.7 percent of the population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the Clinton County health commissioner reported.
That Clinton County number is the percentage as of Sunday afternoon, said Clinton County Health Commissioner Pam Bauer. On Monday, the corresponding percentage statewide for Ohio’s population was 44.3 percent, according to the Ohio Department of Health’s COVID-19 vaccine dashboard.
2nd Clinton County case of COVID virus variant is verified
By Gary Huffenberger - ghuffenberger@wnewsj.com
From left foreground are Clinton County Board of Health Chair Terri Thobaben and Environmental Health Director Matt Johannes.
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WILMINGTON Local public health officials were notified this week that a second COVID-19 virus variant case in Clinton County has been verified.
The Clinton County Health District medical director, Dr. Terry Holten, reported that both of the variant cases in Clinton County were the B.1.1.7 variant, which is the variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom.
The virus variant from the UK, said Holten, is not more deadly, but it is more easily spread.
36th Clinton County COVID death reported
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WILMINGTON Clinton County Health Commissioner Pam Bauer said Thursday one new death had been reported to the county health department Wednesday evening, a man in his 80s.
That means 36 Clinton County men and women have now died from COVID-19.
Bauer said other data as of 10 p.m. Wednesday include: 617 active cases, and 14 new hospitalizations (in one week).
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