Three more Leon County residents have died because of COVID-19 and 223 more residents have tested positive for the virus, the Florida Department of Health reported on Thursday.
Leon County now has had 224 residents die of the 25,180 residents who have tested positive for the virus since March.
Moreover, two more Jackson County residents and one more Taylor County resident also have died because of the virus, the state health department confirmed.
Jackson County has seen 133 residents die of the 5,535 who have tested positive, according to state data.
Taylor County has had 34 residents die because of the virus of the 2,446 who have tested positive, according to the state.
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Elected officials, health care and education leaders met with Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey to discuss how distribution of the new coronavirus vaccine has been going.
Leaders in charge of distributing the new COVID-19 vaccine to seniors and health care workers across Leon County are expressing concern about limited supply and a slow rollout.
As of Sunday, Leon County 11,177 residents had received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Florida Department of Health’s coronavirus vaccination update shows. About
The local department had administered 2,844 shots, said Claudia Blackburn, the health officer for DOH-Leon County
“We’re getting it out just as fast as it comes in. That’s the goal,” Blackburn said. “We want to get all of our vaccinations into arms within a week, so that we can get more as it’s available.”
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CEO of Capital Regional Medical Center, Alan Keesee, and pharmacy staff members are opening the hospital s first shipment of Moderna vaccines.
Update 3:30 Wednesday:
Tallahassee healthcare workers have begun receiving the coronavirus vaccine. Brittany Range (in the video below from Capital Regional Medical Center spokesperson Rachel Stiles) was the first staffer at Capital Regional Medical Center to receive the vaccine. Range is a registered nurse working in the emergency room.
Healthcare workers in Tallahassee have begun receiving the coronavirus vaccine.
In a press release, Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare spokesperson Danielle Buchanan says TMH received 6,700 Moderna vaccines Wednesday morning. That s more than the 5,600 doses the hospital had expected to receive.
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare expects to receive 5,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare s first batches of Modernaâs COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.
TMH expects to receive an allotment of 5,600 vaccines on Wednesday.
The hospital is one of several Florida hospitals selected to receive Modernaâs COVID-19 vaccine.
Officals said a plan is already in place based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for vaccine distribution and the Florida Department of Healthâs COVID-19 vaccination plan.
âOn behalf of Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, we are thrilled to receive our first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccines,â said Mark OâBryant, President & CEO of Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. âGetting vaccinated, wearing a mask, social distancing and frequent hand washing will collectively he
COVID-19 vaccination will help protect you by creating an antibody response without having to experience sickness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website says. And health officials say as many people as possible ideally 75% of the population need to get vaccinated to end the pandemic.
Holmes emphasized the importance of creating an atmosphere of trust in Leon County for the COVID-19 vaccinations, especially among those who remember such glaring historical examples of Black people abused for medical experimentation, such as the Tuskegee Study.
“We do not want any communities to be left behind, Holmes said. “I think it is our calling to make sure all people are well and healthy.