Feb. 8 The COVID-19 vaccine roll-out continues to be slow in Kansas. Data released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed Kansas with the second-worst rate of doses administered per capita. Ahead of only Alabama, the CDC's rate for Kansas was 10,404 doses administered per 100,000 people, according to CDC data as of 5 a.m. Monday. The CDC's vaccine tracker showed .
Sedgwick County now offering COVID-19 vaccines to residents 75 and older
The Sedgwick County Health Department said Monday it is now offering county residents 75 years of age and older to schedule appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccine clinics will be located this week at INTRUST Bank Arena, and the Wichita Transit Operations Center. Both clinics will be open through Saturday, February 13th.
The county will also offer the vaccine to health care associated workers who did not receive the shots in Phase One of the state’s vaccination plan. Appointments can be scheduled through the county’s web site at https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/covid-19/vaccine/schedule/
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Feb. 1 Sedgwick County has now surpassed 50,000 cases of COVID-19 since the coronavirus pandemic reached Kansas in March. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Monday reported 50,270 total cases of COVID-19 in Sedgwick County, which is the most of any county in the state. Sedgwick County's cases have culminated in 1,231 hospitalizations, 348 admissions to intensive care units and .