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Allen Lomax has experienced the anguish and precariousness that comes with being homeless.
That s one reason why Lomax understands the importance of local officials efforts to regularly tabulate the region’s homeless population, even if the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has altered that plan for 2021 in Erie County and nationwide.
“Counting during this time is important to find out what the homeless are doing and where they are staying at a critical time,” said Lomax, 54, who was homeless for two years after losing his home in 2008.
Lomax helped reset his life with help from the Upper Room daytime homeless shelter, located on the second floor of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 1024 Peach St. He is now on staff as the shelter’s front-desk manager.
Saint Vincent Hospital has received more doses of COVID-19 vaccine, but they aren t enough for the Erie hospital to resume scheduling vaccination clinics.
Allegheny Health Network, which includes Saint Vincent, has temporarily stopped scheduling vaccinations due to a lack of vaccine. Clinics already scheduled are continuing.
Saint Vincent received 975 vaccine doses Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported on its website. It has received 9,750 doses since vaccine distribution started in early December. We did receive a tray (of vaccine this week) but it is tied to already scheduled appointments, Saint Vincent spokeswoman Monica Lewis said in a text.
Other health-care organizations that have received COVID-19 vaccine are continuing their clinics but have not significantly expanded their lists for who can receive the vaccine. They continue to primarily vaccinate health-care workers and emergency medical technicians, though the Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center is
Erie County s numbers of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to decline Wednesday, though its number of deaths due to the new coronavirus remains high.
Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper on Wednesday reported 59 new cases of COVID-19. It s the lowest daily number of new cases since Nov. 8, except for Dec. 28 (46 cases) and Jan. 4 (55 cases), which were both Mondays following holidays and susceptible to reporting lags.
Erie County has 14,425 total cases of COVID-19.
The number of county residents hospitalized with COVID-19 dropped to 55 Tuesday evening, a decline of six from the previous evening, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The county s 14-day moving average of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations declined to 70.8, from a high of 122.6 patients on Dec. 18.