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Local Counties Doing Well in COVID-19 Vaccination Effort

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Local counties on both sides of the Ohio River have done quite well when it comes to getting their residents vaccinated against COVID-19. Ohio County in West Virginia and Harrison County in Ohio are among the tops in their respective states in putting shots in arms.

Ohio County is fourth in West Virginia among its 55 counties in vaccine doses administered per 1,000 people. The county, as of Monday, has administered 491 doses per 1,000 residents, according to the Department of Health and Human Resources.

Ohio County sits behind only Kanawha (518), Tucker (509) and Hancock (493) counties on the list. Brooke County has administered 374 doses per 1,000 residents, while Marshall County has administered 359 per 1,000.

In Ohio, Harrison County is second in the state behind Athens County in increased coronavirus vaccination rates, with a jump of 143% more residents opting to receive the dose.

Garen Rhome, administrator with the Harrison County Health Department, said after DeWine’s announcement of the Vax-a-Million program, the health department’s drive-through clinics had a spike of interest.

“We did see a pretty fair amount of people taking advantage of that opportunity,” Rhome said. “We didn’t conduct any polls asking ‘Did the Vax-a-Million campaign prompt you to get off the fence?’ But it is fair to say in our drive-throughs we have had in the last couple of weeks since that announcement, we did see a pretty good amount of people, considering we’re a smaller county and we don’t do thousands. We do 50 or 100 at a time nowadays.”

The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department reported three new positive COVID-19 cases in its Monday night update, bringing that county’s totals to 4,447 cases and 90 related deaths since the pandemic began.

The Marshall County Health Department reported six new positive COVID cases and four new probable cases in its Monday night update. The department is sending people to the DHHR website for its latest totals, which were 2,540 positive cases, 957 probable cases and 77 related deaths.

Back in Ohio, the Belmont County Health Department reported 6,353 total cases and 118 related deaths in its Monday update.

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