{"id":148818,"date":"2021-12-03T04:43:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T09:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=148818"},"modified":"2021-12-03T04:43:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T09:43:12","slug":"local-covid-19-cases-rise-4-new-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/12\/03\/local-covid-19-cases-rise-4-new-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Local COVID-19 cases rise; 4 new deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a statewide trend, COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Van Wert County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Thursday, the Van Wert County General Health District reported an increase of 165 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Wednesday, November 24, for a total of 4,328 confirmed cases. The latest figure is an increase of 52 from the previous reporting period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/COVID-350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148820\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are seven known hospitalizations of county residents due to the virus. In addition, the health department reported four additional COVID-19 deaths of Van Wert County residents, which brings the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 84. The age ranges of the newly reported deaths include one from 50-59 years, two from 70-79 years and one between 90-99 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County General Health District will hold a walk-in clinic for COVID-19 vaccine from 12-4 p.m. Thursday, December 9, at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds EMR Room, behind the fair office. Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccines are available for first, second, and booster doses as eligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pfizer vaccine has been approved for ages five and up and Moderna for those age 18 and older. To receive a COVID-19 booster vaccination, a person must have received Pfizer or Moderna vaccine at least six months ago or Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine at least two months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those wishing to receive the vaccine or booster should bring photo identification and any pertintent insurance information. 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. Anyone who wants to receive a booster vaccine must provide proof of a prior COVID-19 vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The health department is not making appointments at this time, as all clinics are walk-in only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent and submitted information Following a statewide trend, COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Van Wert County. As of Thursday, the Van Wert County General Health District reported an increase of 165 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Wednesday, November 24, for a total of 4,328 confirmed cases. The latest figure is an increase of [&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-148818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 19:16:42","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\/148818","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=148818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}