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CANTON â Following a now familiar peak-and-valley pattern, St. Lawrence Countyâs novel coronavirus infection rate has dropped slightly this week.
Opening the county Board of Legislatorsâ Services Committee meeting Monday night, public health officials briefed lawmakers on the latest county case and vaccination data.
âOur weekly cases are still higher than what we would like them to be,â said Jolene F. Munger, who is serving as interim director of the county Public Health Department following the resignation of Dana O. McGuire last month.
With one day of data not yet included Monday night â weekly data reporting concludes on Tuesdays â the countyâs six-day average of new daily cases was 15.9 over the past week. The previous seven-day new case average was 22.7 cases per day, after averages had been measuring under 10 and declining more consistently in February and March.
MASSENA â The St. Lawrence County Public Health Department is hosting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Massena next week for any New Yorker at least 18 years old.
The first-dose Moderna clinic, with appointments from 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday, April 22, is offering about 50 slots at the St. Lawrence Centre Mall in the old TJ Maxx store, 6100 Mall Road. Second doses for those who received their first shot on March 25, are also scheduled throughout the day.
Though the stateâs eligibility has expanded to anyone at least 16 years old, the county is currently only receiving doses of the Moderna vaccine, which is approved for people 18 and older.
CANTON â Two St. Lawrence County-run COVID-19 vaccine clinics are scheduled next week for any New Yorker at least 18 years old.
Though state eligibility has expanded to people 16 and older, the county is only receiving doses of the Moderna vaccine, which is approved for people 18 and older.
The county Public Health Department, with St. Lawrence Health System, is hosting a Moderna vaccine clinic with appointments from 10:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, at the Star Lake Fire Department, 4078 Route 3. Roughly 80 appointments were still available Thursday morning.
A second clinic is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 15, at the St. Lawrence University Leithead Field House, 100 Park St., Canton. Nearly 500 appointments at Leithead are available.