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The Florida Department of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Administration released the following numbers in their reports on Thursday.

A total of 135,773 St. Johns County residents, or about 57.7%, have received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine.

The State of Florida is hosting two more Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination pop-up sites through May 29.

More than half of St. Johns County residents fully vaccinated The total number of St. Johns County adults fully vaccinated against COVID-19 surpassed 50% in Sunday's report, according to data from the Florida Department of Health. Another 513 county residents became fully vaccinated, for a total of 118,161 to reach 50.17%. The percent was at 50% in Saturday's report. The county is No. 2 in the state behind Sumter, which has a fully vaccinated rate of 63.26% (76,546 complete). These residents were completely vaccinated, either with a single Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the second in a seri...

DeSantis said expansion by Publix serves his goal of vaccinating as many senior citizens as possible.  “Publix is in every community. If we can get it in every community, it’s going to be easier for people to get the vaccine,” he said. "... We really believe it's important to put seniors first on this." Close to 400,000 seniors have been vaccinated statewide, DeSantis said, calling that total "the most of any state by a country mile." The supermarket vaccinations were welcome news in a week when the shots' availability in St. Johns County has been unpredictable. County officials said...