The COVID-19 vaccine finally made its way to Lane County.
Two health care workers received their first dose of the Pfizer COVID- 19 vaccine at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield at 7 a.m. Monday. Healthcare workers at PeaceHealth started getting theirs at 9 a.m. It s the first of two required doses of the Pfizer vaccine; which are given 21 days apart.
The first two people in the county to get their vaccines were McKenzie-Willamette infectious disease Dr. Harry Scholtz and registered nurse Janet Strand. As they sat for their shots outside the center s front entrance, the sun had yet to rise and cars were already beginning to line up for the center s drive-thru COVID-19 testing clinic. After her shot, Strand was given a Superman Band-Aid.
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Lane remains in extreme risk category, total case count surpasses 6,000
Lane County Public Health reported 128 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 Friday, bringing the county s total to 6,028.
The county also reported one new coronavirus-related death in its daily announcement Friday, making a total of 80 residents who have died because of the virus.
Forty residents are currently hospitalized for COVID-19, down by six from Thursday s count. Nine of these individuals are in intensive care, when there were 11 people in the ICU on Thursday.. Lane County remains in the extreme risk category, and will stay there until at least Jan. 1, when county risk levels are reassigned.