Local coronavirus vaccination drives continued their strong pace this past week, COVID-safety restrictions on businesses in Minnesota and nursing homes across the country were loosened, and Wisconsin announced plans to immunize the medically vulnerable.
Scores of Winonans waited in a line that wrapped around Winona Health’s Parkview Office Building last Thursday for a walk-in COVID vaccination clinic that distributed 400 doses in a single day before running out. Winona County and partners delivered a steady stream of shots, as did local pharmacies. Altogether 3,919 Winona County residents received a shot last week, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), which is roughly on par with last week’s record-setting number. As of Sunday, 29 percent of the county’s population had received at least one dose and 12.6 percent had received a complete vaccine series.