{"id":143104,"date":"2021-05-20T23:29:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T04:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=143104"},"modified":"2021-05-20T23:29:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T04:29:25","slug":"health-district-reports-new-covid-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/05\/20\/health-district-reports-new-covid-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Health District reports new COVID death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Thursday, the Van Wert County General Health District reports one new death of a Van Wert County resident who tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths of county residents to 55.&nbsp;The age range of the deceased is 60-69 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Covid-19-Update-May-20-2021.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Covid-19-Update-May-20-2021.png 360w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Covid-19-Update-May-20-2021-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The health department also reported an increase of eight new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Thursday, May 13, for a total of 2,392 confirmed cases.&nbsp;There is one known hospitalization at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, the health department has given 10,641&nbsp;COVID-19 vaccinations.&nbsp;The following clinic date is scheduled at this time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Thursday, May 27, from 2-6 p.m., at the County Health Department (Moderna and Pfizer first and second&nbsp;doses)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Pfizer vaccine has been approved for all those ages 12 and up and Moderna is available to all those ages 18 and up.&nbsp;Unless specified, the clinics dates are for anyone who wants to receive a first dose and those eligible to receive their second dose of that vaccine.&nbsp;Those seeking a vaccination should bring photo ID and insurance information.&nbsp;Those under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian present, as well as proof of age, such as a shot record or birth certificate.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The health department is not making appointments at this time, as all clinics are walk-in only.&nbsp;The public can also contact Family Healthcare of Northwest Ohio at 419.238.6747 and Van Wert Family Physicians at 419.238.6251 to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent staff and submitted information As of Thursday, the Van Wert County General Health District reports one new death of a Van Wert County resident who tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths of county residents to 55.&nbsp;The age range of the deceased is 60-69 years.&nbsp;&nbsp; The health department also reported an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 01:01:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}