MIDDLETOWN - The township has set up vaccinations for over 1,000 older residents and is looking to vaccinate more.
As of Thursday the township, through the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, had set up 967 appointments through the Middletown Senior Center, as of April 8, according to numbers forwarded by Tara Berson, a township spokeswoman. The township and the health center had also administered 100 doses at Luftman Towers in the Lincroft neighborhood, 110 doses between Middletown Housing Authority s two buildings off Route 35 and 45 doses at Conifer Village near Atlantic Highlands.
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EDITOR S NOTE: Monmouth County COVID-19 totals will now be posted every week going forward.
Monmouth County reported another 1,871 cases of COVID-19 and an additional 56 deaths from the novel coronavirus over the last week, officials said.
That figure represents a decline from the more than 2,600 new cases reported in the county the previous week and matches a general decrease in cases in New Jersey and across the country.
The death toll, which typically lags behind surges in new cases and hospitalizations, grew more last week compared to the prior week.
Health officials roll out plans for vaccinations
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jan 01, 2021, 7:07am EST
Health officials across the
state are announcing procedures to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Staff and residents at one
West Orange nursing facility will kick off the New Year by getting the
coronavirus vaccine. Shots will be given out at Daughters of Israel at 10:30
a.m.
The
Monmouth County Health Department began distributing vaccinations this week
with a focus on mobile sites in the days to come. Already several hundred
people meeting the criteria in Group 1-A received shots at the Monmouth County
Health Department. Starting next week, a mobile vaccination program will