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(Shenandoah) Health care workers at Shenandoah Medical Center are among the first recipients in the county of a COVID-19 vaccine.
SMC officials say the first round of Moderna vaccines were administered Wednesday morning to members of the hospital staff. SMC received 200 of the 600 vaccines that were allocated to the county and received Tuesday. Clarinda Regional Health Center also received 200 doses, while the remaining doses were kept by Page County Public Health for other health care workers in the county. In a previous Board of Supervisors meeting, Page County Public Health Administrator Jessica Erdman said the first shipment would be divided amongst the various health care workers in the county.
(Clarinda) â Page Countyâs COVID-19 death toll now stands at 15.
Page County Public Health Thursday afternoon reported three additional coronavirus deaths. One victim was a middle aged adult age 41-to-60, while another was an older adult 61-to-80. An elderly resident over 80 years old was the third fatality.
Twelve new COVID-19 cases were also reported, bringing the countyâs grand total since March to 1,609. Six of the new cases were middle-aged adults, while three others are older adults. Two more cases in children and an additional elderly case was also reported.
The countyâs recovered cases total 1,540. Page Countyâs 14-day positivity rate totals 14.5%.