{"id":150036,"date":"2022-01-06T14:18:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T19:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=150036"},"modified":"2022-01-06T14:18:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T19:18:29","slug":"no-new-covid-deaths-in-van-wert-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/01\/06\/no-new-covid-deaths-in-van-wert-county\/","title":{"rendered":"No new COVID deaths in Van Wert County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Van Wert independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Thursday, the Van Wert County General Health District reported no additional COVID-19 deaths of residents of Van Wert County, keeping the total number of COVID-19 deaths at 93. <\/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\/2022\/01\/Covid-19-Update-January-6-2022-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Covid-19-Update-January-6-2022-copy.png 350w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Covid-19-Update-January-6-2022-copy-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The health department did report an increase of 109 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021 for a total of 4,832 confirmed cases. There are seven known hospitalizations of county residents due to COVID-19. To date, the health department has given 13,948 COVID-19 vaccinations. The number of recovered went from 4,531 on December 30, to 4,750 as of January 6, an increase of 219, a number which can partially be attributed to a change in CDC isolation guidelines from 10 days to five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Ohio Department of Health, a record 50,866 Ohio children tested positive for COVID-19 in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County General Health District will hold a walk-in clinic for COVID-19 vaccine every Thursday through the end of January at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds EMR Room (behind the fair office) from 12-4 p.m. 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 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>Anyone interested in receiving a vaccine or booster should bring photo identification and any 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>Van Wert independent staff and submitted information As of Thursday, the Van Wert County General Health District reported no additional COVID-19 deaths of residents of Van Wert County, keeping the total number of COVID-19 deaths at 93. The health department did report an increase of 109 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021 [&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-150036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-05 01:03:42","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\/150036","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=150036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}