Novavax eligibility extended to kids 12+
• Some children 12 years and older may now receive the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, a protein-based vaccine that uses similar technology as vaccines for the flu, shingles and whooping cough. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday approved the two-dose vaccine series for emergency use in children 12 and older who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine.
Novavax, which was previously only available for adults, is not yet authorized as a booster shot.
• Residents in Allen, Auglaize and Hardin counties continue to be at high risk of exposure to COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC this week lowered Van Wert County’s risk level to medium; Putnam County’s risk level remains medium.
There were an estimated 10.3 new hospital admissions per 100,000 people in Allen County in the last seven days, a decline from the previous week. Patients with COVID-19 illness occupied 2.8% of staffed hospital beds.
• There were no additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 reported to the Ohio Department of Health in the last seven days.
Allen County
Cases ` 30,193 ` +230
Deaths ` 481 ` 0
Recovered ` 28,980 ` +223
Auglaize County
Cases ` 12,759 ` +77
Deaths ` 190 ` 0
Recovered ` 12,225 ` +139
Hardin County
Cases ` 7,818 ` +63
Deaths ` 162 ` 0
Recovered ` 7,463 ` +73
Putnam County
Cases ` 8,987 ` +35
Deaths ` 159 ` 0
Recovered ` 8,685 ` +43
Van Wert County
Cases ` 7,363 ` +40
Deaths ` 150 ` 0
Recovered ` 7,088 ` +55
Ohio
Cases ` 3,049,546 ` +23,436
Deaths ` 39,406 ` +96
Recovered ` 2,937,464 ` +27,338
Recovered defined as symptom onset more than 21 days prior, not deceased. Only verified deaths included now.
Source: coronavirus.ohio.gov
Updated 2 p.m. 8/25/22
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