Delaware County COVID-19 Update, April 22nd
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.
April 22, 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.
MUNCIE, Ind. As of April 19, only 23% of people in Delaware County were fully vaccinated, for a total of 1,547,101 people. Already, health departments and clinics across the state are beginning to report a slow-down in demand for the vaccine.
The Indianapolis Star reported this past week that the Miami County Health Department set aside 600 Moderna doses for a mass vaccination clinic on a Saturday, but just a few days before the event, only a handful of people had signed up.
In Fort Wayne, the Allen County Health Department told members of the department s executive board during a meeting that between 75 and 100 people a day aren t showing up for their appointments. The Journal Gazette reported that officials are expecting numbers at the city s mass vaccination site at Memorial Coliseum to wane in the next few weeks.
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