{"id":149334,"date":"2021-12-17T04:50:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T09:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=149334"},"modified":"2021-12-17T04:50:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T09:50:23","slug":"116-new-covid-cases-in-van-wert-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/12\/17\/116-new-covid-cases-in-van-wert-county\/","title":{"rendered":"116 new COVID cases in Van Wert County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Thursday, the Van Wert County General Health District reported an increase of 116 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Thursday, December 9, for a total of 4,552 confirmed cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Covid-19-Update-December-16-2021-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-149333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Covid-19-Update-December-16-2021-copy.png 350w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Covid-19-Update-December-16-2021-copy-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are nine known hospitalizations of county residents due to COVID-19. No new deaths were reported by the health department.<\/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 23, 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 the Moderna vaccine for those age 18 and up. 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 should bring photo identification and pertinent 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. If looking to receive a booster vaccine, proof of prior COVID-19 vaccination is required.<\/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 staff and submitted information As of Thursday, the Van Wert County General Health District reported an increase of 116 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Thursday, December 9, for a total of 4,552 confirmed cases. There are nine known hospitalizations of county residents due to COVID-19. No new deaths were reported by the health [&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-149334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-01 17:24:44","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\/149334","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=149334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}