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A Killeen resident who has helped dozens of senior citizens get registered for COVID-19 vaccines said Wednesday the Bell County Health Department needs to make the online process more âuser friendly.â
For the past two months, Shirley Booker, 73, of Killeen, and other volunteers of Pershing Park Baptist Church in Killeen, have been assisting senior citizens and computer illiterate residents navigate the online vaccination websites needed to sign up for COVID-19 vaccines. Booker estimates they have helped over 100 seniors get registered since January.
âThere is definitely a need out there for others to step in and assist those who are not familiar with the (online vaccination) system,â Booker said Wednesday. âThe elder people, a lot of them donât have computers, and theyâre not computer literate, and you have to go on the internet in order to sign up for a shot. So, thatâs what weâve been doing.â
Knox, Laurel, Bell and Whitley County all reported COVID-19 incidence rates Wednesday that were among the top 16 highest incidence rates in the state.
The Knox County Kentucky Health Department announced Wednesday that 12 new COVID-19 cases had been reported, which includes two cases involving children. This brings the county’s total number of cases to 3,348
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There are currently 120 active cases in Knox County.
Knox County has had a total of 15 COVID-19 deaths with the most recent death occurring on Oct. 26.
With the additional cases, Knox County’s COVID–19 incidence rate stood at 44.5 Wednesday, which was the second highest incidence rate in the state, according to the state’s official COVID-19 website.
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