As COVID-19 cases continue to spread throughout Delaware County, breaking 8,500 cases and 129 as of Wednesday, local healthcare officials are beginning to see a positive response to vaccines in their first week of distribution, with thousands getting their shots.
On the first day of vaccine clinic, Jan. 8, IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital distributed 463 doses, said Ball Memorial Public Relations Manager Courtney Schmoll.
While the hospital doesn t have a detailed report of frontline workers versus community members receiving the vaccine, 251 were second doses and 212 were first doses, said Schmoll.
As of Thursday, 6,461 doses of vaccine had been administered at the hospital s vaccine clinic, with 1,331 of those being second doses.
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As COVID-19 cases continue to spread throughout Delaware County, breaking 8,500 cases and 129 as of Wednesday, local healthcare officials are beginning to see a positive response to vaccines in their first week of distribution, with thousands getting their shots.
On the first day of vaccine clinic, Jan. 8, IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital distributed 463 doses, said Ball Memorial Public Relations Manager Courtney Schmoll.
While the hospital doesn t have a detailed report of frontline workers versus community members receiving the vaccine, 251 were second doses and 212 were first doses, said Schmoll.
Delaware County Weekly COVID-19 Update, January 7th
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion.
January 7, 2021
Editor’s note: The following COVID-19 update is brought to you through a collaboration of healthcare partners including Delaware County Health Department, Delaware County Emergency Management Agency, Delaware County Office of Information, and other major healthcare providers. Delaware County weekly COVID-19 updates are released every Thursday and include information from the Indiana State Department of Health county metrics dashboard, which is updated every Wednesday afternoon.
Before returning to campus for the spring 2021 semester, Ball State University students must provide a COVID-19 test result obtained within a week of moving back to campus. The portal to submit test results opened Jan. 8, 2021 and was shared with students via email.