SEVIERVILLE â The Sevier County Health Department is currently offering only the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, which has led to some confusion for people who had appointments to return there for their second dose of the Moderna vaccine.
Local officials indicated Thursday the county health department has been receiving only the Pfizer vaccine, although other providers in the county have the Moderna vaccine.
âAppointments can be made several weeks in advance and it is likely these appointments in question were made in advance of (when) Sevier Countyâs vaccine allotment changed from Moderna to Pfizer,â said Corie Gouge, spokeswoman for the East Tennessee region of the state health department.
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SEVIERVILLE â Sevier Countyâs total active cases of COVID-19 have fallen below 200 for the first time in months.
When the Tennessee Department of Health last reported the totals Thursday, there were 230 active cases among residents of Sevier County. On Monday, the state reported that total was down to 195.
The state reported no new hospitalizations or deaths related to the virus among Sevier County residents over that time.
There were 47 positive results reported over that four-day span out of 438 tests, for a positivity rate of 10.7%.
Those numbers come as Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters appears prepared to let the countywide mask mandate end next week on April 15.
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