Health officials say that 41% of Marion County residents ages 65 and older have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and that they hope to vaccinate another 12,000 more people this week.
Mark Lander, the administrator of the Florida Department of Health in Marion County, said Tuesday that local health officials had vaccinated more than 40,000 of those initial 50,000 seniors who registered with the health department in eight days, beginning in late December.
The county stopped taking registrations in early January and shifted people to a state registration site. I was told that by this weekend we will be done with that first 50,000, Lander told the County Commission on Tuesday. We have a pretty aggressive schedule going this week.