photo by: Ashley Golledge
Ed Rosales administers a vaccine at Douglas County s COVID-19 clinic at the Douglas County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
Data from four local health organizations showed that more than 47,500 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Douglas County as of Thursday.
Altogether, data from the four distributors LMH Health, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, Heartland Community Health Center and Haskell Indian Health Center showed that 47,773 first doses and 26,994 second doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered. That’s an increase of 7,585 first doses and 3,794 second doses since the county last reported vaccine distribution information to the Journal-World on April 1.
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Staff Report
April 5 COVID-19 update from the health department
Douglas County reported 8,971 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 27 cases since Thursday.
In Douglas County, 8,776 out of the 8,971 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 195 cases are active.
The county has averaged about nine new cases per day over the last 14 days, according to a 14-day moving average graph updated weekdays by the health department. The current average of 8.93 new cases per day is up from a low of just under seven new cases per day in mid-March and down from a recent high of 71 cases per day in early January.
photo by: Contributed Photo/Heartland Community Health Center
From left, Dr. Cooper Nickel, a primary care provider at Heartland Community Health Center, and his father, Dr. Graig Nickel, a family physician at Watkins Student Health Center at the University of Kansas, receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at Heartland.
Douglas County has the highest rate of people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Kansas, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
In Douglas County, 438 out of every 1,000 people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. The county’s exact vaccination rate is 438.6 per 1,000 people. The next-most vaccinated counties and their vaccination rates are as follows: Marshall County, 425.9 per 1,000 people; Mitchell County, 411.6 per 1,000 people and Meade County, 404.2 per 1,000 people.
Two more Douglas County residents have died from COVID-19, according to the county health department, bringing the total number of COVID-19-related deaths in th