{"id":144295,"date":"2021-07-29T15:31:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=144295"},"modified":"2021-07-29T15:31:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:31:55","slug":"health-dept-reports-15-new-covid-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/07\/29\/health-dept-reports-15-new-covid-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Dept. reports 15 new COVID cases"},"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 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Thursday, July 22, for a total of 2,471 confirmed cases.&nbsp;Currently, there are no known hospitalizations of county residents due to COVID-19.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Covid-19-Update-July-29-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Covid-19-Update-July-29-2021.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Covid-19-Update-July-29-2021-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, the health department has given 11,211&nbsp;COVID-19 vaccinations.&nbsp;The following COVID-19 vaccination clinics are scheduled at this time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There will be no clinic on August 5.<\/li><li>Thursday, August 12, 2-4 p.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, all clinics are being held at the County Health Department offices on Westwood Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All clinics will have Moderna and Pfizer vaccine available.&nbsp;Pfizer vaccine has been approved for those age 12 and up and Moderna is available to those age 18 and up.&nbsp;Unless specified, clinic dates are for those who want to receive a first dose and anyone eligible to receive a second dose of that vaccine.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those using the clinics should bring a photo ID and any pertinent 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;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The health department is not making appointments at this time, as all clinics are walk-in only, but the public can 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 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Thursday, July 22, for a total of 2,471 confirmed cases.&nbsp;Currently, there are no known hospitalizations of county residents due to COVID-19.&nbsp;&nbsp; To date, the health department has given 11,211&nbsp;COVID-19 vaccinations.&nbsp;The following COVID-19 [&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-144295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-12 05:43:41","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\/144295","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=144295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}