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With plans to expand eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine later this month, Gov. Brian Kemp announced the state would open five additional mass vaccination sites, including two that will be much closer to Bulloch County than the four currently open.
Vaccination sites in Savannah and Sandersville will be added beginning March 17 and people will be able to pre-register at myvaccinegeorgia.com for a vaccine appointment at one of those sites even if they do not yet qualify under the governor’s eligibility criteria. They will be notified once they qualify and scheduled for an appointment.
Albert Bourla, CEO of pharma giant Pfizer, didn't want to jump ahead of more vulnerable people to get his vaccine and has delayed a planned trip as a result, say reports
Understanding the numbers
Since mid-July, daily reported COVID-19 cases in Florida remained under 10,000. And, between Sept. 1 and Oct. 16, daily reported cases stayed below 4,000.
That changed on
The
highest single-day case number Florida has reported so far is 19,816 for Jan. 6. The report released on Jan. 2 of 31,518 newly-reported cases is higher, but that reported combined updates for Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.
The
738, confirmed on Sept. 28.
On Oct. 30, Florida became the third state to cross the 800,000 reported COVID-19 cases mark. Then on Dec. 1,
Florida became the third state to surpass 1 million confirmed cases. The United States has more than 28.9 million coronavirus cases as of March 6, the
By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff
This story will be updated.
Another 136 coronavirus cases have been reported across the state, Maine health officials said Thursday.