More than half of the COVID deaths in Ohio have been in nursing homes. The nursing home death toll jumped by nearly 1,300 in the last week, as the Ohio
COVID-19 cases have dropped more than 77 percent since November among people in Ohio s long-term care facilities. Adobe Stock COLUMBUS Ohio is at the head of the pack when it comes to getting the COVID-19 vaccine into long-term care facilities.
According to state data updated Sunday, Ohio has administered the fifth-highest number of doses nationally through the Center for Disease Control and Prevention s Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program.
Peter Van Runkle, executive director for the Ohio Health Care Association, said the federal initiative is wrapping up, but there s still a need. There are new people who come into facilities all the time, Van Runkle said. There are new admissions, there are new staff members that are hired, and we need to have a mechanism for those folks to get vaccinated.
While Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio is eager
for more COVID-19 vaccine, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says only 70% of doses distributed to the state have gone into arms.
So why the gap? State officials say the problem is CDC data doesn t take into account the more than 200,000 dose stockpile, or bank, of vaccines for long-term care facilities.
The doses from that bank get counted into doses distributed to Ohio even though many of them are actually stored in a Pfizer warehouse in Kalamazoo, Michigan, DeWine spokesperson Dan Tierney said.
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While Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio is eager
for more COVID-19 vaccine, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says only 70% of doses distributed to the state have gone into arms.
So why the gap? State officials say the problem is CDC data doesn t take into account the more than 200,000 dose stockpile, or bank, of vaccines for long-term care facilities.
The doses from that bank get counted into doses distributed to Ohio even though many of them are actually stored in a Pfizer warehouse in Kalamazoo, Michigan, DeWine spokesperson Dan Tierney said.
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