âHope is here:â Vaccinations begin at Greater Cincinnatiâs major hospitals Eric Prebles, left, a nurse on the COVID unit at The Jewish Hospital, was the first employee to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the hospital today. He is joined by COVID unit charge nurse Cassie Schulman and new grad nurse Matt Kennedy, who also works on the COVID unit. Cassie and Matt also received the vaccines Tuesday. (Source: Mercy Health - The Jewish Hospital) By Brian Planalp | December 23, 2020 at 4:23 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 4:36 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Frontline Tri-State healthcare workers are receiving doses of Modernaâs COVID-19 vaccine after local hospitals received shipments in the thousands beginning Tuesday.
Hamilton Co. discusses latest on COVID-19 cases By Kim Schupp | December 23, 2020 at 9:46 AM EST - Updated December 23 at 11:11 AM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Health Commissioner Greg Kesterman discussed the very latest on COVID-19 cases in Hamilton County.
According to the Ohio Department of Health, there are 47,713 cases and 408 deaths.
That’s an increase of 3,774 cases and 14 deaths in a week.
Kesterman said the number of cases in Hamilton County are on the decline but levels still remain extremely high.
The county on average seeing about 524 cases over the last seven days, compared to two weeks ago where it was closer to 716 cases per day.
First Doses of Moderna s COVID-19 Vaccine Arrive in Ohio
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The first shipments of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine are arriving in Ohio Monday.
Distribution is now underway for a 201,000 dose allocation of the company s mRNA vaccine which will help Ohio immunize emergency medical personnel and health care workers. Some of the state’s 113 local health departments will receive their first Moderna shipments Monday and Tuesday.
Officials said 70% of the doses were headed for hospitals to continue vaccinating frontline staff, a process that began a week ago with the first doses of Pfizer’s vaccine, while the remaining 30% were for health departments to vaccinate paramedics. The other tier 1A priority group, long-term care facility residents and staff, will have access to the Pfizer doses allocated to Ohio in the coming 3-4 weeks.
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0:35 This vaccine is designated for our EMTs and paramedics within our communities, Kesterman said. Remember that these folks are the frontline workers that show up when somebody is sick and are putting themselves at risk and have been doing so since February.
Earlier this week, the UC Medical Center received 975 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Weekly Cases
Hamilton County is seeing a slight slowdown in COVID-19 cases, despite still seeing more than 4,000 new cases per week.
The high plateau the county has hit has led to between 350 and 500 new cases per day. Kesterman said the county is currently dealing with roughly 12,000 active cases.