Twelve-year-old Judah Aginsky shows the arm where he received the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday at the county’s Whispering Pines vaccination clinic. Aginsky, who recently celebrated his birthday, had been looking forward to finally being of age for the vaccine. The clinic closed its doors Tuesday.
Photo: Elias Funez
After receiving her first COVID-19 vaccine dose at the county’s Whispering Pines clinic on its last day open, Grass Valley resident Shelby Sachs said she looked forward to going dancing and seeing family.
“I was thinking I could just do it alone as long as I can, but it’s just not like that,” said Sachs, explaining that she had been taking other precautions against the virus for some time, but originally did not want to be vaccinated.
Nevada County’s recent increase in COVID-19 cases comes amid an increase in cases across the state, said county Director of Public Health Jill Blake.
Through Thursday, 101 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported this week, according to the county’s Coronavirus Dashboard
, starting the week off with 60 new cases reported Monday. According to the dashboard, 59 new cases were reported last week.
While past weeks have seen a spike in reported new cases early in the week due to pauses for weekends and holidays, as well as other logistical aspects involved in recording cases, Monday represented the highest number of new cases reported in a single day since early February.