New virus cases, hospitalizations decline in Lima region
By Mackenzi Klemann - mklemann@limanews.com
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BY THE NUMBERS
• More than 1.8 million Ohioans have received at least one COVID-19 shot since December, accounting for 16% of the state’s population.
• Putnam County has the second-highest vaccination rate in Ohio at 18.4%, behind Henry County.
• Ohio administered 55,804 shots on Feb. 26, the highest single-day total since the vaccination effort began in December.
• Allen County vaccinated 61% of seniors age 80 and older since December, the highest percentage among any age group in the county.
• In Allen County, 18% of women women have been vaccinated, compared to 12% of men.
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Akron s Chapel Hill Mall will be one of more than a dozen long-term COVID-19 mass vaccination sites opening across Ohio.
Gov. Mike DeWine and Cuyahoga County officials made the announcement Friday afternoon at Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center, the site of a separate eight-week federal mass vaccination clinic, which starts March 17.
The state said the regional mass vaccination clinics will begin opening in the coming weeks as supply becomes available, although DeWine said they were expected to start at the end of the month. They ll operate until they re no longer necessary.
Clinics will be able to administer between 300 and 3,000 vaccines a day, depending on the location, supply and demand, according to the state.
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However you want to say it, we are happy the month of February is over.
Toasting to that are those carriers who deliver The Lima News in the darkness of night as well as postal carriers who drop off your mail. The month saw them enduring bitter cold, snow and freezing rain. We appreciated their dedication, and they your patience when those weather calamities slowed them down.
The month began with the Lima region digging out of 3 to 5 inches of snow. Then, the very next day, Punxsutawney Phil the nation’s foremost weather expert saw his shadow.
To reach under-served communities, vaccination clinics hit the road
By Mackenzi Klemann - mklemann@limanews.com
Student Nicole Caser (right) speaks with Carol Carpenter, of Cincinnati, before her vaccine during the clinic held at Ohio Northern University in Ada.
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Student Alayna Janok gives a vaccine to Dick Carpenter, of Cincinnati, during the clinic held at Ohio Northern University in Ada.
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Student Nicole Caser gets instruction from Professor of Pharmacy Practice Karen Kier to give a shot to Carol Carpenter, of Cincinnati, at ONU.
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ADA Mobile health clinics, which for years have been traveling to deliver medical care in places where there are few pharmacies and public transportation is scarce, may offer one solution to the vaccine equity and accessibility problem that has developed in the early stages of Ohio’s vaccination effort.