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Vermont college students from out-of-state who do not plan to stay for the summer and other part-time residents can start signing up for COVID-19 vaccines in Vermont on April 29, the state Health Department announced Wednesday.
âThis opportunity will be based on the vaccine supply we receive from the federal government,â the Health Department said in a statement.
The Health Department also announced that Vermonters who made an appointment through the state registration system that is at least three weeks away may receive a call asking if they want to be on a standby list for an earlier vaccine appointment. People who agree to be on the list should not cancel their existing appointment; it will be canceled for them if they get called in as a standby and after they receive the vaccine, the Health Department said.
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Vermont s Northern State prison declared free of COVID-19
April 21, 2021
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NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) Vermont’s Northern State Correctional Facility has been declared free of COVID-19, the Department of Corrections says.
The all-clear came after five consecutive rounds of testing at the Newport prison found no cases of the virus among inmates.
Three cases were detected among prison staff, including one during the most recent round of testing on April 15, but contact tracing found that the case posed no threat to the incarcerated population.
The outbreak began Feb. 23 when testing found the virus in one staff member and 21 inmates. A total of 179 incarcerated individuals tested positive during the outbreak.
THE DAILY NUMBERS
One Vermonter died of COVID-19 over the past two days, the Vermont Department of Health reported in updating its COVID dashboard for the first time since Monday. The death toll is now 243.
Twenty-seven Vermonters were hospitalized with the disease as of Wednesday, and three of those patients were in intensive care.
The health department reported 73 new cases of COVID-19 in Vermont on Wednesday. The stateâs cumulative number of cases since the start of the pandemic is now 22,238, an increase of 126 since Monday.
Twelve of Vermontâs 14 counties reported new cases over the past day. Chittenden County had 23; Bennington and Rutland counties each had nine; Orleans County had six; Lamoille and Windham counties each had five; Orange and Washington counties each had four; Caledonia and Windsor counties each had three; and Essex and Franklin counties each had one. Addison and Grand Isle counties had no new cases.
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